- We endorse and support the roadmap of Upskilling Pathways for Adults, particularly adults especially those with low levels of skills, knowledge and competencies and helping adults to acquire minimum literacy, numeracy, digital skills and/or a wider range of skills.
- The education and upskilling of adults is an urgent need in order to contribute to create and sustain development, and to achieve the contribution of individuals and groups to economic and social growth.
- MHR believes that adult education requires a continuous effort in order to allow them to acquire knowledge and skills as well as work on talent development, including targeting literacy and engaging in activities of interest to certain groups. In addition to teaching various skills according to technological and digital information progress.
- MHR emphasize that the European Union, with its members, has achieved tangible high success in caring for and educating adults, improving their skills and raising efficiency. However, efforts must continue to reach a higher level of achievement in this matter.
In order to achieve greater success in that framework:
- A real and clear desire among adults to learn and take advantage of the opportunities available must be created,
- The appropriate method must be chosen for them to receive different sciences and skills, which will be new to them.
- Adults have some features and advantages, so we must pay attention to these features when developing programs and legislations to improve their skills and education, because adult education is different from that of children in many respects:
1. Adults are self-reliant in education and do not need to rely on others as young learners.
2. Adults have a certain amount of life experience, as some of them may have received a little education that would give them the ability to absorb quickly and easily learn.
3. Adults often need to learn and improve skills to help them develop their own lives.
– We encourage adults who have drop out school or university to complete their education.
, returning to educational institutes in order to improve their careers,
but without leaving their jobs and devote themselves to education again.
Civil society organizations:
- Civil society has a crucial and effective role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in general, particularly in the development and improvement of skills and the development of vocational education and training.
- MHR recommends that civil society organizations should be allowed more space to participate effectively in achieving these goals, and to be supported in upskilling, particularly literacy for adults.
Covid-19 and improving teaching skills:
- The Global Corona Pandemic “Coved-19” imposes different situation and circumstances on the world, that should be estimated when developing a road map or introducing legislation for the future.
- Having to take precautionary measures, by closing schools and institutes and disrupting jobs, in order to protect people against “Covid 19”, calls for a sophisticated policy when thinking about improving adult skills.
- A flexible legislative framework that facilitates the implementation of procedures to keep up with emergencies, is also needed.
- There is a need to protect education funding and avoid the adverse effects of adult education.
- The need to build an adult education system that is adaptable and responsive to challenges.
The need to avoid adverse economic impacts as a result of crises and epidemics, and their impact on upskilling for adults.
