The First Minister today announced that the Scottish Government has successfully delivered its commitment to support 25,000 new apprenticeship starts in 2011/12. This is a record number of new Modern Apprenticeships starts in a single year and confirms delivery of the first year of the commitment to provide 25,000 apprenticeship opportunities in each year of the current Parliament.
Speaking at a Skills Development Scotland hosted youth employment summit in Inverness, the First Minister congratulated Scotland's national skills agency on reaching this milestone and paid tribute to the businesses who have committed to providing apprenticeship opportunities.
The First Minister said:
"I am extremely pleased to announce today that we have delivered on our commitment to offer 25,000 new apprenticeship opportunities in 2011/12. The modern apprenticeship programme provides a superb opportunity to support young people into work with training which meets the needs of our businesses. To be able to support these opportunities on such a scale is something of which this government is incredibly proud. Read More...
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