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BaselineMonitoringReport Lifelong Participation in Learning ← Access to Education | Home Page | Development of Key Competencies Policy → Participation in a knowledge society includes the continued participation of people in learning and education over their lifetime. With rapid changes in society, economy and technology, skills can quickly become outdated. It is important that people can continue to access education after they have completed their initial education. It is equally important that these decisions to access education are made in conjunction with impartial career information, advice and guidance. Increased participation by older age groupsFormal tertiary education provides an important avenue for lifelong participation in education. Participation by older age groups in formal tertiary education, particularly those aged 40 years and over, has been growing more rapidly than for other age groups.
One-third of industry trainees are over 40Industry training provides opportunities for ongoing development and updating of skills. There has been significant participation in industry training in all age groups, with 31 percent of trainees being over 40 years of age. This demonstrates industry training is providing an important option for people in mid to late career to improve or update their work-related skills.
Adult and Community Education is a significant option for lifelong learningAdult and Community Education (ACE) provides opportunities for adults to continue to participate in learning in a wide range of areas, without having to engage in formal study. Schools provided a significant proportion of government-funded ACE, with approximately 180,000 enrolments in 2002. The most popular courses provided in schools in 2002 were in art, music and crafts, followed by fitness, sport, recreation, computing, home management and English for Speakers of Other Languages. In 2002, 29 TEIs provided community education programmes to around 130,000 students. The total number of students in tertiary community education increased by 145 percent from 2000 to 2002. The most popular courses provided by TEIs in 2002 were in management and commerce (nearly all of which were office studies courses), society and culture (about a third of which were language courses) and mixed-field programmes. The majority of participants in ACE provided by schools and TEIs in 2002 were women and most were aged over 30. There was also government-funded ACE provision by Rural Education Activities Programmes and community learning supported through grants from Community Learning Aotearoa New Zealand. In addition, many community organisations provide adult and community educational activities with support from local funding sources. ← Access to Education | Home Page | Development of Key Competencies Policy → Page last modified on 26 November 2006, at 06:29 PM |
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