I-Education and Skills Funding Agency

I-Education and Skills Funding Agency (I-ESFA) yayiyinhlangano ephethe kahulumeni wase-United Kingdom, exhaswa ngumnyango wezemfundo,yayikhona kusukela ngo-2017 kuya ku-2025.

I-ESFA yasungulwa ngo-1 Ephreli 2017 ngemuva kokuhlangana kwe-Education Funding Agency (EFA) ne-Skill Funding Agency, Ihlanganise imithwalo yemfanelo ekhona ye-EFA ne-SFA, yakha i-ejensi eyodwa ebhekene nokuxhasa ngezimali imfundo, ukuqeqeshwa nokuqeqeshwa kwezingane, intsha nabantu abadala. Ngaphambilini i-EFA yayinesibopho sokusakaza izimali zemfundo kahulumeni eNgilandi yezingane ezineminyaka ezingu-3-19, kanye nokuphatha izakhiwo zezikole namakolishi futhi i-SFA yayinesibindi sokuxhasa ngezimali ukuqeqeshwa kwamakhono okuqhubekela phambili kwezemfundo eNgilandii nokuphatha i-National Apprenticeship Service kanye ne-National Careers Service.

I-EFA yasungulwa ngo-1 April 2012 ngokuhlanganisa imisebenzi yezinhlangano zomphakathi ezimbili zangaphambili ezingezona ezomnyango.  I-Young People's Learning Agency  kanye ne-Partnerships for Schools. Kusukela ngo-2013, i-EFA yaqondisa uhlelo lokwakha izikhungo zezikole, ikhetha abakhankasela bezokwakha ngaphansi kwezivumelwano zesakhiwo sikazwelonke nesesifunda ukuze izikole nezinye izinhlangano zemfundo zikhethe futhi ziqophe abakhankashela. Umbiko wakhishwa ngo-2015 owaqokomisa ukuthi i-EFA  ubandlululo  amabhizinisi amancane naphakathi (ama-SMEs) lapho iqoka izivumelwano zeluleki, ngokuphambene nesiqondiso sikahulumeni wase-UK esikhuthaza ukubhekelela kwama-SME emathubeni okuthenga kahulumeni.