The six subjects include basic skills, vocational training, classes covering aspects of work and employment, artistic and cultural expression workshops, ICT and physical education and sport.

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Young children have been helped to acquire basic literacy skills before being enrolled into the formal primary school system while, on the other hand, youths and adults have benefitted from basic literacy and vocational skills training.

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That includes the use of flight simulators and academic training to maintain basic skills and aircraft knowledge, Lingle said.

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Expansion of basic education and training in other essential skills required by youth and adults.

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Peking opera is transmitted largely through master-student training with trainees learning basic skills through oral instruction, observation and imitation.

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But adults learning basic skills will still be entitled to free training.

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But it warns against a preoccupation with pre-job training, which often teaches the wrong skills and misses basic graces (such as time-keeping and not being cheeky to the boss) that many claimants lack.

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It claims the training colleges recruit some students who have a poor grasp of basic skills, such as spelling and numeracy.

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If these are basic skills become more relevant for the future workplace, then we should expect our institutions to provide more training and education in this area.

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