Minister Haughey launches National Skills Strategy Implementation Statement [education.ie]
- Published: 20 March 2010
The Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Seán Haughey TD, today launched a progress update on meeting the National Skills Strategy objectives which were announced in 2007.
Minister Haughey said that today's update shows that significant progress has already been made towards meeting the objectives set out in the National Skills Strategy.
The Update finds that:
The percentage of those in the labour force with Higher Education qualifications has increased from 33% in 2005 to 39% in 2009, compared with the target of 48% by 2020.
In relation to Upper Secondary including Leaving Certificate qualifications, the percentage of the labour force with this educational level between 2005 and 2009 remained at 40%, compared to a target by 2020 of 45%.
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