Posts tagged with "covid-19"
Challenges: Equal digital participation in focus
As in other countries, COVID-19 pandemic has had a major influence. The pandemic has had economic effects for adult education providers when income from conferences and other activities has disappeared. In addition many adults have struggled to ad...
Challenges: Lack of digital skills and funding
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected the adult education sector in Moldova. The crisis further showcased the lack of adequate policy in adult education and insufficient funding of the sector. During the pandemic, many programs were moved t...
Developments: New framework highlights the value of community education
The situation of adult education in Ireland has improved over the last year. In July 2020, Ireland launched a new Further Education and Training Strategy which will continue until 2025. This new strategy includes a Community Education Framework wh...
Developments: Significant new activity on the EPALE platform
While Dafni Kek focuses on online education for the less advantaged, the Hellenic Education Association (HAEA) advocates for liberal adult learning and education, in times where vocationalism has become the norm. Neither organisation is not suppor...
Developments: New master plan for adult education
EAEA’s member, the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education (SAEA) has been active in policy making in the last year. They prepared a proposal with the Expert Council for Adult Education that the Ministry for Education adopted in 2019. The proposal...
Challenges: Corona takes a toll
The response to the corona pandemic was the most immediate challenge in England and Wales over the last year. Adult education providers will need to continue to develop blended options for online learning, as the restrictions will continue in 2021...
Developments: Organisations cease their operations due to political pressure
EAEA’s member from Belarus, The Association of Life-Long Learning and Enlightenment (ALLLE) describes that the adult learning and education situation in Belarus has dramatically deteriorated in 2020/2021. Following mass protests and demonstrations...
Developments: Great efforts to bring adult education through pandemic
The responses from EAEA's Austrian members and their sub-organisations give a mixed picture of the current situation of adult learning and education (ALE) in the country. While especially large associations speak of a slight deterioration for adul...
Developments: Systematic approach to adult learning and education is missing
During 2020/2021, the situation of adult learning and education (ALE) in Bosnia and Herzegovina has slightly deteriorated. Libar Vocational High School, a member of EAEA, demonstrated that a systematic approach to adult learning and education is s...
Challenges: Adequate financing and sustainability
According to BFE, there have been no changes in the funding of adult education in the last year. BFE would like to request more adequate financing for adult learning providers from the Bulgarian government. Concerning the ongoing pandemic, addres...