A vital education source is to be scrapped on Scilly. The learning centres, which are situated on all populated islands, will be closing at the end of the month.
Funding from Europe came to an end in June and there weren’t sufficient funds from central government to keep them going.
Life Long Learning Officer Lesley Hopkins described it as a “sad day”.
“We would like to thank each community for making this facility available to us. More importantly, we would like to give a big thank you to all the learning Assistants, who have over the past four years made the learning experience enjoyable and so very successful.”
Life Long Learning under the guise of ‘Adult Community Learning? is still able to offer ICT learning. Distant learning courses can be taken at home, where learning material is offered and tutor led courses at NVQ level 1 and 2 at Carn Thomas.
There will be a course coordinator who will act as a distance learning tutor for all the islands. This person will be available at the end of the phone, or e mail, to help students with all their queries.
The learning centres became a valuable resource on the islands for islanders and visitors alike.
Kristine Taylor from Bryher told Scilly News that it would be “a sad loss for Bryher.”
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