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Controls over funding for Work Based Learning providers and the quality of learning provision have improved as a result of the Assembly Government’s strengthened audit and performance management, says a report out today by the Auditor General.
Today’s follow-up report shows that the Assembly Government has made good progress in addressing earlier weaknesses in financial controls in Work Based Learning. In 2004-05 one-third of all Work Based Learning providers had significant weaknesses in their systems of financial controls. Since then, the Assembly Government has strengthened its approach to auditing providers and in 2008-09 just one per cent of providers had significant weaknesses in their systems.
Today’s report also shows that there have been major improvements in the quality of Work Based Learning provision. This is partly due to the Assembly Government setting tougher standards when it issued new contracts in 2007, and halting funding to some of the poorest providers. The improvement in quality is also partly thanks to the Assembly Government’s tighter performance management arrangements that penalise providers who don’t meet quality criteria.
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