Posts tagged with "covid-19"
Developments: New strategy for education
Developments: More awareness needed about the benefits of non-formal education
According to EAEA members in Estonia, Association for Folk High Schools in Estonia (FHS), and Estonian Non-Formal Adult Education Association (ENAEA) the newly elected Estonian government seems to be open for adult education. The Ministry of Educa...
Challenges: No COVID-19 compensation for the adult learning sector
Our respondents say that changed funding for ALE has slightly or dramatically worsened the financing situation at all levels. At the moment, the ALE sector is under pressure, and funding for the non-formal learning sector is non-existent. Training...
Developments: Slightly improved adult learning and education situation
The Georgian Adult Education Network (GAEN), a member of EAEA, has described the adult learning and education situation to have slightly improved in Georgia in 2020/2021. There have been no major changes linked with policies or funding in the ALE...
Developments: Adult learning is viewed as part of vocational education
According to EAEA’s members, adult learning and education in Greece has been overlooked and there is a unidirectional emphasis on vocational education. Other key areas of adult learning do not receive enough attention. EAEA’s members stress that q...
Challenges: new funding priorities oversee the potential of ALE
Funding situation of ALE slightly deteriorated due to changing priorities which put emphasis on funding programmes for the unemployed, distributed through the Directorate of Labour. According to the EAEA member in Iceland, the authorities have to...
Developments: Educational inequality has increased
Our Irish member, AONTAS- Ireland's National Adult Learning Organisation, observes a slight deterioration on the current situation of adult learning and education in Ireland.
Educational disadvantage and inequality have been exacerbate...
Challenges: Risk for permanent setback in participation in adult learning
The pandemic had an overwhelming impact on disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, manifesting in digital poverty and aggravating other persistent issues such as mental health and domestic violence. Throughout the period of March 2020 to March 2021,...
Developments: ALE has no priority in pandemic times
According to the EAEA member, Centro Internazionale per la Promozione dell'Educazione e lo Sviluppo (CEIPES) which works to provide education and training for youth and adults, the adult learning and education situation in Italy has not changed du...
Developments: Implementation of adult education policies is not sufficient
According to our member in Serbia, Adult Education Society (AES), the situation of ALE has slightly deteriorated in the last year. According to them, there is a law, strategy, and other documents related to adult education, but the real-life appli...