Neil Munro reports on the reactions to last week’s announcements on lifelong learning
Scottish targets for 2000,
how we were doing in 1994-95
and how we compare
1. By age 19, 85 per cent of young people to attain Standard grades 1-3, SVQ level II or equivalent
* Scotland 70 per cent
* UK 67.5 per cent
* UK (19-21) 58 per cent
* France (19-21) 78 per cent
* Germany (19-21) 66 per cent
* Singapore (18-20) 49 per cent
2. By age 21, 70 per cent of young people to attain 3 Highers (A-C), SVQ level III or equivalent
* Scotland 51 per cent
* UK 44 per cent
* UK (19-21) 37 per cent
* France (19-21) 36 per cent
* Germany (19-21) 51 per cent
* Singapore (20-24) 41 per cent
3. 60 per cent of workforce to be qualified to at least 3 Higher (A-C), SVQ level III or equivalent
* Scotland 47 per cent
* UK 41 per cent
* France 30 per cent
* Germany (1993 fig) 62 per cent
* Singapore 23 per cent
4. 30 per cent of workforce to have upper qualifications to at least SVQ level IV or equivalent
* Scotland 26 per cent
* UK 24 per cent
* France 16 per cent
* Germany (1993 fig) 15 per cent
* Singapore 12 per cent
