ОБРАЗОВНАТА ПОНУДА И ИНКЛУЗИВНОСТА ВО СФЕРАТА НА НЕФОРМАЛНОТО ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ НА ВОЗРАСНИ

Апстракт

Profound changes in requirements and demands of new skills and competences
in the field of labour, which are preconditioned by significant technological development,
changing economies, social and political establishments, place educational systems
throughout the world (especially vocational education and training and adult
education) ahead of a major challenge. – How to enable individuals to gain the skills
and competences needed for the labour market of the future?
Accomplishing this ambitious goal means that it is necessary to change the old
paradigm of “job for a life time” to the new paradigm “learning throughout life” or “lifelong
learning”. Non-formal education in the context of lifelong learning concept is
one of the paths that ensures equal opportunities for obtaining relevant skills, attitudes
and competences among individuals. It is compensating the disadvantages of the formal
education system which adapts too slowly to the socio-economic changes and is characterized
with conservatism leading to inertia of the societies themselves.
This paper tends to present educational offer and inclusion in non-formal adult
education area, analysing the educational programme offer on one hand, and inclusiveness
of the process of non-formal education on other hand. Results will point out the
good practices, as well as the challenges that will need to be addressed urgently in order
to accomplish the goal of inclusion and equity in the context of lifelong learning concept.