I agree. We said, specifically, in the welding industry that one of the largest barriers we have to people completing the training is the inability to read the documentation, to apply basic math skills. In some cases, we see training organizations putting people through those courses first and assessing that ability to actually be successful on the technical side.
I can't speak to what's happening at the secondary level in terms of improvements needed there, but certainly as people move into a trades training program, literacy and numeracy skills are critical.