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WEA centenary conference
28/02/2003
Scotland's future rests on its best asset - its people,
the Workers' Educational Association Scotland conference, A
Century of Learning, was told today.
Lifelong Learning Minister Iain Gray said:
"Our people are our number one asset and we have to
ensure that they have the opportunity to be the very best
that they can be.
"The WEA's efforts over the past 100 years mirror the
Executive's current priority of creating a Smart Successful
Scotland through an investment in learning and training for
all Scots.
"The provision of learning opportunities for Scots is
central to the Executive's Lifelong Learning Strategy,
released earlier this month.
"The strategy emphises the importance of working even
more closely with employers and community organisations to
promote education opportunities and to help adults return
to learning.
"I am therefore delighted to be speaking at today's
conference, which is promoting these very values and I wish
the WEA every success for the future."
The WEA was founded in 1903 in Oxford as a partnership
between the worlds of the labour movements and the
universities in order to open up learning to people in the
community.