Welsh Language Scheme

The Basic Skills Agency has prepared a draft Welsh Language Scheme which sets out how it proposes to deliver services to the public in Welsh.

Basic Skills Book Awards

This unique scheme, jointly run by Basic Skills Agency and the Welsh Books Council, recognises excellence in books and other material.

Basic Skills Book Awards Exhibition Travels Wales

The Basic Skills Agency and the Welsh Books Council have put together a travelling exhibition of literacy and numeracy books in English and Welsh. The publications were all shortlisted for the first ever Basic Skills Book Awards, held in Cardiff in late 2003.

Family Programmes and KUWC

The Basic Skills Agency's Family Programmes in Wales consist of programmes and workshops run in all Local Education Authorities to help parents improve their own basic skills and to get them back into learning whilst helping their children.

Strategic Intervention Grants

The SIG is an annual grant allocated to LEAs to run any of 4 initiatives in schools to strengthen their strategy for raising literacy and numeracy standards.

Supporting ESOL/EAL programmes

Our ESOL/EAL programme aims to strengthen the support available to adults and children from linguistic minority communities in response to the ESOL/EAL scoping study, EAL and ESOL in Wales, commissioned in October 2002.

The Tripartite Course

The aim of the Tripartite Course is to prepare young people and adults for a Level 1 qualification in literacy, numeracy and I.T. The Course has been written to cover all the skills, knowledge and understanding needed at this level. It is aimed at learners who are at the top of Entry 3 or the lower end of Level 1.

World Book Day 2005