Commentary on Sections Part 4: the Chief Executive of Skills Funding Schedule 5: Learning aims for persons aged 19 or over Section 90: Encouragement of education and training for persons aged 19 or over and others subject to adult detention
273.This section sets out the Chief Executive’s general duty to encourage participation in education and training amongst people aged 19 or over (other than persons aged under 25 who are subject to learning difficulty assessment) and others in adult detention, and to encourage employers to participate in providing education and training for their employees (who fall within the Chief Executive’s remit), including by entering into apprenticeship agreements, and to contribute to the costs of such education and training.