Boost for learning as Rishi Sunak unveils numeracy programme to improve adults' ...
Boost for learning as Rishi Sunak unveils numeracy programme to improve adults' maths skills Numeracy programme launched to improve maths skills of up to 500,000 adults Chancellor Rishi Sunak will put £560million into new scheme named Multiply Scheme will include flexible courses and online platform to fit around busy lives Treasury expects the programme to particularly benefit the North East, West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber
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A numeracy programme will be launched to improve poor maths skills among up to half a million adults.
Rishi Sunak told MPs he would put £560million into the scheme, called Multiply, to ‘change people’s lives across the whole United Kingdom’. The cash is for a three-year period.
Ministers hope that by increasing adults’ confidence with numbers it will improve their employment chances and earnings.
It will include flexible courses and an online platform designed to allow the learning to fit around busy lives.
The Chancellor said: ‘Millions of adults in England have numeracy skills lower than those expected of a nine-year-old.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaving 11 Downing Street, London before
