Downing Street Says » PM Speech/Tomlinson Report

» Monday, October 18, 2004

PM Speech/Tomlinson Report

Asked about the Prime Minister’s speech to the CBI this evening, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that it would be about addressing the concerns of the CBI and others in terms of the importance of numeracy and literacy and improving basic skills. We also recognised the need to address the issue of vocational training and look at ways to differentiate between the bright and excellent pupils. That was why the Government welcomed the Tomlinson report today. We would obviously consider the report’s findings and publish a White Paper in due course.

2 Comments »

How come that at a time when A level results are improving year on year (and supposedly arent getting easier!), industry is concerned with the literacy, numeracy and basic skills of pupils…….

lets see an mp answer that one !
Comment by tony — 19 Oct 2004 on 11:20 pm | Link
Why was the tomlinson report commissioned, and then disregarded, with Ruth kelly stating that her exam system would be staying, when others stated back in 2004, that the exm system was too stressful. The diploma system would work.

Why commision a report, and then ignore it? Maybe the Tomlinson report found some un-wanted truths?
Comment by Martin O'Connor — 15 Jun 2006 on 11:43 pm | Link

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Post a public comment

Name (required)
E-mail (required)
(You must give an email address, but it will not be displayed to the public.)
Website
(You may give your website, and it will be displayed to the public.)

Comments:

This is not a way of contacting the Prime Minister. If you would like to contact the Prime Minister, go to the 10 Downing Street official site.

Privacy note: Shortly after posting, your name and comment will be displayed on the site. This means that people searching for your name on the Internet will be able to find and read your comment.

Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says.