Sentence examples for lack of basic skills from inspiring English sources

Many parents cannot help their own children due to a lack of basic skills.

Two-fifths of the army's intake fail basic training because of lack of basic skills.

"As wrong as the decision was, it can't disguise the lack of basic skills.

Among those who stay, a lack of basic skills and high levels of drug use mean that employers struggle to fill even menial positions.

She said: "Any combination of disadvantages only represents a small proportion of families, so if you have a targeted policy that addresses parental depression, excessive alcohol consumption and a lack of basic skills, we might only get to a small proportion of children".

Concerns expressed by employers about the lack of basic skills of GCSE students are also reported in the consultation document published as part of the review.

What was disturbing in the 52-0 defeat was the lack of basics skills, the dropped balls, the lineouts lost and, most worryingly, the way heads went down.

One use would be in drill and practice where the computer's speed, consistency and lack of personality would allow the development of basic skills on which the teacher could base education in literacy and numeracy.

Worse, a tenth of adult Lithuanians cannot work for lack of even basic skills.

Given that some of the students in vocational education programs have low levels of proficiency in basic learning abilities (i.e., reading and writing), some recommendations deal with the need to offer mandatory courses to help students compensate for their lack of these basic skills (Tien, 1978; Azzarano, 1981; McKay, 2005).

These missing skills included inadequate social skills, lack of initiative, inability to apply theoretical knowledge to patient care, lack of basic nursing skills, and lack of understanding of professional practice.