it is still too early to tell whether these policies are working to boost basic skills among this age group but relative to there were over more passes in english and over more passes in maths than in bis for adults with low basic skills free further education in maths and english continues to be available to anyone who has not achieved level in these subjects in the government funded adult learners to participate in english maths or english for speakers of other languages esol course an evaluation of this policy finds that learners who achieve level in english andor maths will earn more than someone who did not succeed in passing the same course bis b