Back to school for adults.ADULTS who left school at 16 unable to read, write and add up properly are to get another chance to master the three Rs free of charge. Tens of thousands will also get allowances of up to pounds 30 a week to go back to school to cut adult illiteracy rates under a government White Paper on skills. The Association of Colleges (AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. ) said it expected about 100,000 adults to be eligible for the payments - and many more who left with less than five GCSE GCSE 1. (in Britain) General Certificate of Secondary Education; an examination in specified subjects which replaced the GCE O level and CSE 2. Informal a pass in a GCSE examination Noun 1. passes at grades A to C will get the chance of free tuition to get them up to that level. In addition, adults under 30 will get the chance of free education to A-Level standard, the AOC was predicting. |
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