Major employers are concerned that their first-jobbers do not possess suitable literacy and numeracy skills, it has been suggested. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) surveyed senior officials at 694 companies - which employ a total of 2.4 million people - for their observations on their graduates. One in seven firms claimed that their school and university leavers have inadequate reading and writing abilities, while one in ten expressed concerns about their grasp of basic mathematics. "There is understandable frustration among business that they continue having to pick up the pieces to support those who left full-time education with weaknesses in the basic skills they will need in their working lives," read one section of the report, which was published today (May 17th). The study also revealed that seven in ten firms believe that the new coalition government must make improving the employability of school leavers its top education priority. Prior to the publishing of the CBI report, Sheffield University suggested that as many as one in five school leavers in the UK possess below-par numeracy skills.
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