The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the Surrey County Council report that highlights the lack of Adult Education provision in Dorking.

Since East Surrey College took over the service from the County Council in 2010, all Adult Education facilities in the Dorking area have been closed with courses held at the College’s Redhill base despite the lack of any direct public transport to the College which makes it very difficult for residents to attend these courses.

East Surrey College has also dropped the “community learning” courses that are popular with many adult learners – excluding residents from courses that are still offered at Adult Education Centres in the west of the county.

There is much to be done to rebuild Adult Education in Dorking now this report has been published. As a start, the library could be used to provide the community learning courses that are missing from the current curriculum.