Ofqual has launched a consultation on how it proposes to regulate new basic digital skills qualifications.

These new qualifications, the content for which is proposed in a parallel DfE consultation, are designed to provide adult learners with the core skills and knowledge to operate confidently, effectively and independently in a digital world.

The Ofqual consultation seeks views on the qualifications’ defining characteristics, including their design, delivery and awarding, and on a proposed approach to maintaining standards.

The consultation follows the Government’s 2017 UK Digital Strategy which set out an ambition for everyone to have the core digital skills they need to participate in life and work, and the announcement earlier this year for full funding for adults who need to take basic digital skills courses from 2020.