While these 23 million individuals represent the core of an emerging society that is more inclined to study and learn, the remaining individuals are excluded from these learning experiences for reasons of time, cost, or even personal issues.
Over the past few years, the number of adults continuing their education has increased exponentially. The term “continuing education” describes the opportunity and process of learning new skills and acquiring knowledge much higher than what we learn during years of formal schooling.
Most people choose to continue education to enhance their knowledge base and even their employability.
Continuing education versus traditional
Usually, what we learn in all those long and arduous years of our formal education are just basic skills that are good enough to help us start working, but not good enough to take us forward in our careers, especially with rapid changes and developments in technology requiring a more sophisticated and educated workforce.
Students who are involved in continuing their education are generally working professionals who seek to advance further and enhance their intellectual capabilities while working. Since their time is divided between studying and working full time, they must be highly motivated in order to succeed. One of the biggest characteristics of students who participate in continuing education is their tendency to relate the lessons they learn in class to their own work experience.
Teachers must have the relevant and relevant practical experience and knowledge in order to address the issues and concerns of these unique students. Students involved in continuing education can be very selective when it comes to choosing their courses. The courses they choose must be relevant to their work in some way and they must be able to benefit from them. If the right course is chosen, it can benefit you a lot both educationally and professionally.
More and more adults are now participating in continuing education that leads to formal qualifications that provide them with sufficient knowledge related to a particular field of study. Moreover, continuing education also gives us a certain pride of achievement while taking our courses.
Offering an affordable, faster, and certainly more focused way to attain professional or personal goals, continuing education credentials can be placed on resumes and presented anywhere as evidence of one’s professional studies.
The importance of “continuing education” in the workplace
A skilled workforce will always increase economic productivity. Here’s how continuing education benefits the workforce:
o A more skilled workforce is always more productive – these days, skills and education are seen as the most important components of a candidate’s employability and income potential. Since the economy has shifted to one that values an educated workforce more than an uneducated workforce, employers are now looking for educated and skilled workers. Thus, the demand for continuing education has doubled.
o Continuing education helps employers retain better employees while remaining as competitive as ever – a more educated employee will always be more productive, so companies are now starting to hire employees who continue their education. Continuing education can be seen as a way to retain the best and most educated employees.
With the rapid advancement in the information technology sector, continuing education will not be limited to just the physical space. Distance learning through interactive media will be a major part of continuing education. The Internet will also play a huge role in delivering course materials to students.
A virtual course aimed at expanding one’s knowledge beyond these formal years of education has become a reality. In connection with all this development in the field of continuing education, we have only one question to ask: How far is continuing education possible?