Institutional Approaches of Formal and Non-Formal Institutes to Foster Lifelong Learning Opportunities in Basic Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70670/sra.v4i2.2003Keywords:
Lifelong Learning; Institutional Strategies on Lifelong Learning; Basic Education, Formal Education, Non-formal EducationAbstract
Around the globe, almost 258 million children are not going to school (UNESCO Institute of Statistics, 2019). To attain the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG4) “a quality education for all be 2030”, there is a worldwide move on improvement of literacy activities. There is growing emphasis on the development of strategies and programs to improve literacy rate for target groups by using lifelong learning initiatives. Lifelong education is necessary for sustainable development of communities around the globe. In this regard, formal and non-formal education providers are supposed to play a key role in the expansion of lifelong learning opportunities, especially in disadvantaged groups. This research project plans to address the focus area of lifelong learning (LLL) opportunities in basic education, by making a comparison between roles of formal versus non-formal institutes so that a workable plan of action may be recommended for the expansion of LLL in literacy/basic education with the focus on the enhancement of the lifelong learning environment. Hence, the primary question of this research was to discover the lifelong learning opportunities in basic education within two higher education sectors a) formal education context; and b) the non-formal education context. To address the above research question, this study built on an analysis of three critical aspects, concerning the institutional strategies to promote lifelong learning; practical steps taken to implement lifelong learning, and programs/courses to enhance lifelong learning. This research employed a quantitative approach in which a questionnaire was conducted with a selective sample of the institutions from formal and nonformal streams of education.
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