Training and Enterprise Council
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The Training and Enterprise Councils or TECs were local bodies established in England
and Wales
in the early 1990s to administer publicly-funded training programmes, replacing the former Manpower Services Commission
. The first group of 19 TECs were launched in 1990. TECs managed various schemes including Youth Training (formerly known as the Youth Training Scheme
) and the early Modern Apprenticeship
. They also promoted training and business enterprise with local organisations. TECs operated as private limited companies and reported on their progress to their regional government office.
The TECs were abolished in April 2001 under the Learning and Skills Act 2000
. In England, their functions, along with those of the Further Education Funding Council
, were taken over by the Learning and Skills Council
. In Wales, they were replaced by ELWa
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
in the early 1990s to administer publicly-funded training programmes, replacing the former Manpower Services Commission
Manpower Services Commission
The Manpower Services Commission was a non-departmental public body of the Department of Employment Group in the United Kingdom created by Edward Heath's Conservative Government in 1973. The MSC had a remit to co-ordinate employment and training services in the UK through a ten-member commission...
. The first group of 19 TECs were launched in 1990. TECs managed various schemes including Youth Training (formerly known as the Youth Training Scheme
Youth Training Scheme
The Youth Training Scheme was the former name in the United Kingdom of an on-the-job training course for school leavers aged 16 and 17, managed by the Manpower Services Commission...
) and the early Modern Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
. They also promoted training and business enterprise with local organisations. TECs operated as private limited companies and reported on their progress to their regional government office.
The TECs were abolished in April 2001 under the Learning and Skills Act 2000
Learning and Skills Act 2000
The Learning and Skills Act 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made changes in the funding and administration of further education, and of work-based learning for young people, within England and Wales....
. In England, their functions, along with those of the Further Education Funding Council
Further Education Funding Council for England
The Further Education Funding Council for England was a non-departmental public body of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom which distributed funding to Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges in England between 1992 and 2001....
, were taken over by the Learning and Skills Council
Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council was a non-departmental public body jointly sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families in England...
. In Wales, they were replaced by ELWa
ELWa
ELWa was an Assembly Sponsored Public Body responsible for post-16 learning in Wales, active from 2000 to 2006. ELWa's functions are now exercised by the Assembly Government's Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills....
.