Adult Education In Japan

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Introduction Whom is education for? The world is changing in every single moment and its speed is getting faster and faster for these decades. In addition, not all people can get proper education in proper age, or many of them want to start new lives after becoming adult. It means that people needs education on every stage of their lives along with the situation, their preference, personal backgrounds or any kind of reasons. In most countries, basic educations for children are compulsory, but how can adults be educated? How should the adult education be? In this essay, I’d like to take a look at the adult education system in Finland and Japan, compare their similarities and differences, and consider what they can learn from each other. Adult…show more content…
1.7 million people are involved in the adult education every year, this is about 30% of total population, and more than 50% of them are working age population. (EAEA, 2011) The number of participants is increased from 1995 to 2000, although it slightly decreased, and keeping high rate until 2006. In comparison of the gender, education level and region, the participation rate of women was higher than men by 13%, the rate of highly educated people were about 20% higher than the people in secondary education level, and the urban area has slightly higher rate than local areas. (UNESCO,…show more content…
Universities and polytechnics offer three different styles of adult education. Firstly, open university provides many courses from various subjects without requesting any educational experiences. Open university doesn’t offer a degree however the completion of open university program is convertible to the credits after university enrolment. (UNESCO) Secondly, continuing education is designed mainly for those who have university level first degree. It is often associated with companies, for instance labour force training, and can be short-term and long-term. Both open university and continuing education cost reasonable tuition depends on the institute and subject. (Ministry of Education and Culture) Finaly, employment training for adults is a further education in order to enhance potential of the people who are unemployed or endangered to be unemployed. It is financially supported by work administration and employment offices. Polytechnics also offer extensive vocational specialization studies to those who want to improve their skills in their field of work.

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