IMPORTANCE OF LIFE LONG

LEARNING FOR EARNING IN THE

21st CENTURY

Dr. Naraginti Amareswaran

N. Koteeswari
For our people to benefit from new
employment opportunities, we must ensure
that every Indian is skilled and educated.
Education alone is the foundation on which a
prosperous and progressive society is built. I
wish to see a revolution in education and skill
development in the next five years. We will
make India a nation of educated people, of
skilled people, of creative people”.

…Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, Red Fort, Aug 15 th, 2007
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether
this happens at twenty or eighty. Anyone
who keeps on learning not only remains
young, but becomes constantly more
valuable regardless of physical capacity.

…Harvey Ullman
 LIFE LONG LEARNING

• The illiterate of the 21st century will not be

those who cannot read and write but those
who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
…Alvin Toffler (Futurist)
• LLL= FE+IFE+NFE+T
The Adult Education Committee of the
British Ministry of Reconstruction
“Adult education must not be regarded as
a luxury for a few exceptional persons here
and there, nor as a thing which concerns only
a short span of early manhood, but that adult
education is a permanent national necessity,
an inseparable aspect of citizenship, and
therefore should be both universal and
lifelong”.
 PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION IN LEARNING
Four Key Factors

• Individual disposition and attitudes towards

learning
• Social environment
• Economic and financial context
• Institutional factors
 IMPORTANCE OF LIFE LONG LEARNING

A number of important socio-economic

forces are pushing for the lifelong learning
approach.
• Increased pace of globalization
• Technological change
• Changing nature of work & labour market
• Changes in jobs over the working life
• Ageing of populations
 A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO LIFE
LONG LEARNING

• Four “settings” can be distinguished as a

frame for lifelong learning:

 General initial education

 Vocational education and training
 Professional development
 Personal development
 A comprehensive
Personal approach
General initial to lifelong learning
Vocational Professional
development education education and development
training
Funding Non-profit based Public Public and private Private
(learners and
public funding)
Objectives - Promotion of - Basic and - Vocational - Work specific
What is done democracy foundation education and training;
best? - Equality education training; - Management
-Respect of plurality - Transition to - Corporate
of values work universities
- Recognition of
competences
-Human resource
management
Focus of learning - Democracy - Basic skills - Young adults; - Integration in
- Illiteracy (adults) (read, write and - Training and Enterprise (young)
- Enlightenment count) for young; retraining for - Retraining of
(young and adults) - Little for adults unemployed adults
(Prior learning - Retraining of
assessment); Under qualified
employed
Certification Often nonexistent - Formal general Formal vocational - Attendance
qualifications qualifications certificate
- Credit towards - Certificate of
a formal competences
qualification
Non-formal Formal Formal Non-formal
 BENEFITS OF LIFE LONG LEARNING
• Lifelong learning leads to an enriching life of self-fulfilment.
• Lifelong learning helps us make new friends and establish
valuable relationships.
• Lifelong learning keeps us involved as active contributors to
society.
• Lifelong learning helps us find meaning in our lives.
• Lifelong learning helps us adapt to change.
• Lifelong learning makes the world a better place.
• Lifelong learning increases our wisdom.
• Lifelong learning creates a curious, hungry mind.
• Lifelong learning opens the mind.
• Lifelong learning helps fully develop natural abilities.
 CONCLUSION

• Developing additional work skills

• Self-satisfaction
• Personal growth
• Social interaction