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12<br />

FIGURE 12.11:<br />

Adult education participation rates in Europe are higher among the<br />

more educated<br />

Adult education participation rate by type of opportunity <strong>and</strong> education<br />

attainment, European Union countries, 2011<br />

Adult education participation rate (%)<br />

100<br />

90<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Romania<br />

Non-formal, adults with tertiary education<br />

Non-formal, adults with secondary education<br />

Formal, adults with tertiary education<br />

Formal, adults with secondary education<br />

Greece<br />

Pol<strong>and</strong><br />

Irel<strong>and</strong><br />

Bulgaria<br />

Lithuania<br />

Latvia<br />

Italy<br />

United Kingdom<br />

Malta<br />

Slovenia<br />

Czech Rep.<br />

Belgium<br />

Spain<br />

EUROPEAN UNION<br />

Hungary<br />

Slovakia<br />

Cyprus<br />

Portugal<br />

Austria<br />

Estonia<br />

Germany<br />

France<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong><br />

Denmark<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Luxembourg<br />

Sweden<br />

Source: Eurostat (2016).<br />

TABLE 12.4:<br />

Key differences in adult education participation questions<br />

in the European Union Labour Force Survey <strong>and</strong> the Adult<br />

Education Survey<br />

Issue European Union Labour Force Survey Adult Education Survey<br />

Reference period 4 weeks 12 months<br />

Definition of<br />

education <strong>and</strong><br />

training<br />

Excludes some activities, such as guided<br />

on-the-job training<br />

All types of non-formal activities<br />

Sequence of<br />

questions <strong>and</strong><br />

prompts<br />

Rationale for<br />

education<br />

Source: ICF (2015).<br />

Captures only formal education courses<br />

lasting at least one semester<br />

Uses simple questionnaire <strong>and</strong><br />

emphasizes work-related training<br />

Narrow range of outcomes: related to<br />

current/prospective job – or not<br />

Captures all formal courses of short<br />

duration<br />

Uses terms capturing slightly wider<br />

variety of activities, such as ‘private<br />

lessons, courses, conferences, talks,<br />

workshops, seminars <strong>and</strong> activities<br />

designed to train you for a job’<br />

A slightly broader range of outcomes<br />

outside work such as meeting other<br />

<strong>people</strong> or other personal reasons, or<br />

updating knowledge in the field<br />

Participation rates in adult education differ considerably<br />

by the level of education already attained. In general,<br />

adults who have attained tertiary education have more<br />

access to formal adult education opportunities than<br />

adults who have attained only secondary education<br />

(Figure 12.11). Large gaps in formal education participation<br />

rates between the more <strong>and</strong> less educated are found<br />

in Pol<strong>and</strong>, Slovakia <strong>and</strong> Sweden. The smallest gaps are<br />

observed in Finl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Slovenia, while in Portugal those<br />

with secondary education have a higher chance of formal<br />

education (Box 12.3).<br />

By contrast, the LFS indicated the average adult<br />

education participation rate during the four weeks prior<br />

to the survey was closer to 10%. In Germany <strong>and</strong> Italy,<br />

the rate remained more or less constant over 2005–2013,<br />

BOX 12.3<br />

The adult education system in Portugal supports the<br />

more disadvantaged<br />

Portugal was the only country in Europe where the participation rate<br />

in formal education was higher for adults with secondary education<br />

(15%) than for adults with tertiary education (13%). This is exceptional:<br />

those who are more educated usually have access to a higher number<br />

of formal adult education opportunities.<br />

Portugal has by far the European Union’s highest rate of adults with<br />

less than lower secondary education (39% in 2013, well above secondhighest<br />

Greece with 19%) <strong>and</strong> less than upper secondary education<br />

(60% in 2013, compared with number two Spain at 44%). The adult<br />

education system is oriented towards helping these adults catch<br />

up. More than 5% of all Portuguese adults aged 25 to 64 acquired<br />

an upper secondary education certificate in adulthood, the highest<br />

rate in southern Europe in 2013. Provision comes under the umbrella<br />

Programa de Formação em Competências Básicas, a basic skills<br />

training programme introduced in 2010.<br />

In addition, Portuguese adults with secondary education are more<br />

likely to enter non-formal education (55%) than their counterparts in<br />

France (48%), Italy (40%) <strong>and</strong> Spain (36%).<br />

Under the New Opportunities Initiative, the largest public programme<br />

in recent decades, qualification <strong>and</strong> vocational training centres were<br />

established as ‘one-stop shops’ to deliver three lifelong learning<br />

services in an integrated way through guidance, validation of nonformal<br />

<strong>and</strong> informal learning, <strong>and</strong> provision of training programmes.<br />

There are also strong incentives to participate in adult education, such<br />

as income tax deductions <strong>and</strong> employer-funded training leave.<br />

Sources: CEDEFOP (2011); European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice<br />

(2015a); Nico <strong>and</strong> Nico (2011); OECD (2005a); UNEVOC (2014).<br />

238<br />

CHAPTER 12 | TARGET 4.3 – TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL, TERTIARY AND ADULT EDUCATION

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