John Lewis slams UK education system and offers staff literacy lessons

Sahar Nazir:

// John Lewis to offer basic literacy and numeracy classes to young staff

// Dame Sharon White said young staff members have been “completely failed” by the education system

John Lewis Partnership chair Sharon White has said the company will provide basic literacy and numeracy classes to young staff because they have been “completely failed” by the education system.

White criticised the UK’s education set-up and said that some of the 16 year olds at John Lewis did not have “functional literacy and numeracy” skills.

She also warned that children who are less academically inclined are not always able to reach their full potential.

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