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Functional skills: essential for life, learning and work

Last updated on: 08/04/2008

Functional skills are vital to the personal development of all learners aged 14 and above. This document is a guide to those practical skills in English, mathematics and ICT, to help learners gain the most out of work, education and everyday life.

This document was published by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). The regulatory function of QCA is now the responsibility of the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual). Ofqual regulates qualifications and monitors national curriculum assessments in England.