State earmarks $1.4m for workplace education

The administration of Governor Deval L. Patrick said today that $1.4 million is being allocated to a program that provides "workplace educational services for low-literacy and low English proficiency adults."

The announcement was made at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester by Suzanne M. Bump, the commonwealth’s Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.

"At least one-fifth of workers in Massachusetts are immigrants," Bump said in a statement included in a press release issued by her office. “These funds will support not only workers achieving literacy and gains in learning, but also increase their skills to help them move through their career pipeline." (Globe Staff)