• Encourage individuals to view learning as a way of life by attempting to incorporate it into their values and culture.
• Provide opportunities for individuals to update their skills set in order to increase their employmnet/promotional prospects.
• Offer learning platforms that provides learning through study, experience, personal reflection and shared learning.
• Encourage individuals to learn when, where and how it suits them best.  Not what suits US.
• Offer wide, flexible range of learning opportunities which are convenient, relevant and planned.
• Ensure the learning reflects the needs, learning styles and preferences of the trainees agreed at the outset.

• Address the identified gaps highlighted in various government and ISC published reports.
• Use ICT as a hook to encourage educationally and socially disadvantages clients to participate.
• Provide training in the heart of RAPID areas.
• Liase with the VEC to combat the literacy barrier.
• Utilise laptops as the training tools.

 Ina McCrumlish - ICT Co-ordinator, Services for the Unemployed.