The average cost of bringing up a child in the UK amounts to 193,000 pounds in total. Long term studies, which recently indicated this say it equates to approximately 26-28 pounds every day. Long suffering parents, who were almost unified in their total lack of surprise, greeted the news with a swathe of cynical retorts.

The current recession and its effect on traditional educational systems is now being evaluated by many pundits. They make consistent reference to the strategies to survive adopted by parents, teachers and students alike in the recession of the 1990’s.

Analysis suggests that on average up to 40 percent of the entire household disposable income is spent on education and schooling overall. With the hardening attitude towards bank lending and mortgage allocation this figure could rise as our young people stay with their parents for longer before leaving the nest and lengthen their education programs – almost as a by product of something to do whilst we wait for things to get better.

With families focusing increasingly on the cost of living, along with many companies cutting back on training and development programs – it’s pointless spending money on training when you don’t know for certain that the person won’t be made redundant – it’s small wonder that many people are now reviewing their method of personal development and the subject matter in which they study.

Historically banking, public services and the like have all been considered stable long term employers and attracted people accordingly. Over the last ten years or so this has been largely superseded by the perception of jobs offered within the IT industry.

Unlike training in engineering or the motor industry (where key skills have mostly to be gained in a practical environment), IT training can predominantly be home based. Whilst it’s difficult to transport a complete car production line into a home, computer based training is a different matter. Progress in the intellectual property field such as IT have grown exponentially because of this and the continued developments in the way the skills are taught and learned.

Remote access 24/7 to highly skilled lecturers is available due to the utilisation of new training methodologies. This adds weight to the strategy and the final results are qualifications in a field that’s widely sought after on an international level. Add to that easily quantified salary and career structures, and it’s little wonder that IT training is attracting so much attention.

As many people are unsure of their future, (whether early on in their career or mid-way through life), home-based training in subjects such as IT can often be seen as a superb, low cost, easy paced development program. Skills can be gained that are readily accepted anywhere in the world and are highly resilient in a changing economic environment.

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