Chapter 10: Education - Equality and Human Rights Commission
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<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>10</strong>: <strong>Education</strong><br />
Britain as a whole is more educationally polarised than most other countries.<br />
About a third of working-age adults have university degrees <strong>and</strong> other ‘tertiary’<br />
qualifications, <strong>and</strong> a third do not have an upper secondary qualification.<br />
This compares to about a quarter in each of these categories in other European<br />
countries in the OECD. 127<br />
Table <strong>10</strong>.6.1 Data showing regional <strong>and</strong> national differences in basic skills <strong>and</strong><br />
qualifications ranked by basic literacy for working-age population 128<br />
% of population<br />
Lack functional<br />
numeracy<br />
Lack functional<br />
literacy<br />
No<br />
qualifications<br />
5+ GCSE grades<br />
A*-C or equivalent<br />
Degree level<br />
qualification*<br />
<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> 1 47 16 13 26 13<br />
Eastern 41 12 13 28 12<br />
South East 41 12 <strong>10</strong> 26 15<br />
East Midl<strong>and</strong>s 49 16 14 26 12<br />
NorthWest 49 17 15 27 12<br />
West Midl<strong>and</strong>s 47 18 17 26 12<br />
London 48 19 14 21 20<br />
Yorks <strong>and</strong> Humb 51 19 15 27 11<br />
North East 54 22 14 27 <strong>10</strong><br />
Wales 2 53 25 16 27 11<br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong> 3 N/A N/A 14 20 13<br />
Source:<br />
1. Data tables provided by Department for Business Innovation <strong>and</strong> Skills using<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> Skills for Life Survey 2002/03 <strong>and</strong> National <strong>Equality</strong> Panel Analysis<br />
of 2006-08 Labour Force Survey.<br />
2. Data tables provided by Welsh Assembly Government using Basic Skills<br />
Survey 2004 <strong>and</strong> National <strong>Equality</strong> Panel Analysis of 2006-08 Labour Force<br />
Survey.<br />
3. National <strong>Equality</strong> Panel Analysis of 2006-08 Labour Force Survey.<br />
Note: *Degree level qualification excludes higher degrees.<br />
127<br />
Organisation for Economic Co-operation <strong>and</strong> Development 2009. <strong>Education</strong> at<br />
a Glance 2009. Paris: OECD. Table A1.1a.<br />
128<br />
<strong>Equality</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> analysis of Engl<strong>and</strong> Skills for Life<br />
Survey data, provided by Department for Business, Innovation <strong>and</strong> Skills using<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> Skills for Life Survey 2002/03 <strong>and</strong> National <strong>Equality</strong> Panel analysis<br />
of 2006-08 LFS; . <strong>Equality</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> analysis of Basic<br />
Skills Survey data, provided by Welsh Assembly Government using Basic Skills<br />
Survey 2004, <strong>and</strong> National <strong>Equality</strong> Panel analysis of 2006-08 LFS; .<strong>and</strong><br />
National <strong>Equality</strong> Panel analysis of the LFS (2006-08) .
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