Adult Education
Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. It can mean any form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional schooling, encompassing basic literacy to personal fulfillment as a lifelong learner.In particular, adult education reflects a specific philosophy about learning and teaching based on the assumption that adults can and want to learn, that they are able and willing to take responsibility for the learning, and that the learning itself should respond to their needs.Driven by what …
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EDSK · 23 July 2024 English
This report, authored by a group of distinguished academics and professionals in the education sector, evaluates the impact of the government's policies on post-18 education and funding. It critically examines …
numeracy. The dramatic collapse in funding for adult education (from £4.6 billion in 2003/04 to £1.34 billion … this same period. Worse still, funding for adult education is not based on the volume of students, meaning … many students as they want. That the current Adult Education Budget (AEB) is made up of several funding … that includes some additional oversight of adult education and training, while the 2024 Labour Party … ‘marketisation’ of HE, slashing budgets for adult education, reductions in the quantity and quality of …
NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English
The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …
Vidart (2019) found that, “73% of all reported adult education corresponds to job-related training and that …
NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research · 18 July 2024 English
The Indian approach to social protection was developed at a time when a vast proportion of the population lived below the poverty line and unequal access to productive resources such …
21% Christian, Jain, Sikh 21% 34% Highest Adult Education in Household None 14% 16% 1-4 13% 15% Completed … Jain, Sikh 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.0 Highest Adult Education in Household None 20.7 17.0 11.8 23.4 19.4 …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 16 July 2024 English
A volcanic eruption increases the likelihood of children working and dropping out of school.
schools for persons with disabilities (SLB) and adult education (Kejar Paket). Applying these filters gives …
EU: European Union · 26 June 2024 English
This report presents the conclusions of the study to develop a monitoring framework for learning for sustainability that was carried out to advise the European Commission. It includes (i) a …
initial and continuous). ECEC, higher and adult education (including work-based learning), as well-as … governance framework for ECEC, higher and adult education. Follow-up studies could investigate possibilities …
EU: European Union · 26 June 2024 English
Executive summary of a study aiming to develop a monitoring framework for learning for sustainability that was carried out to advise the European Commission. This study includes (i) a conceptual …
different governance structure of higher and adult education, separate intervention logics should be developed …
EU: European Union · 26 June 2024 English
among vocational educa tion and training and adult education providers, youth work and volunteering providers … among vocational education, and training and adult education providers, youth work and volunteering providers …
EU: European Union · 24 June 2024 English
entities), a scuola popolare (school for adult education) or an educandato (girls’ school run by a religious … entities), and scuole popolari (schools for adult education) and educandati (girls’ schools run by religious … secondary schools), scuole popolari (schools for adult education), scuole sussidiate e sussidiarie (small State-funded …
World Bank Group · 23 June 2024 English
livelihood restoration. Law Requirements Law on Adult Education 2017 (No. 1-2), as amended • This law sets … out rights, procedures, and requirements for adult education in Tajikistan. • All adults have the right …
World Bank Group · 21 June 2024 English
The global rise of non-standard forms of employment (NSE) and gig work creates opportunities and challenges for the labor market and requires public policy responses to realize their benefits and …
Office of the European Union. Cedefop (2018), “Adult education allowance” CEDEFOP. December 14, 2018. Luxembourg: … Institute, Washington, DC. FINLEX (2022). Adult Education Benefits Act 28.12.2000/1276.” Retrieved from …
