Improving Participation in Adult Education Grundtvig Learning Partnership

Improving Participation in Adult Education Grundtvig Learning Partnership Nr. LLP-GRU-MP-2013 -LT-00159 Adult education provision in Lithuania

Adults in Lithuania 2. 7 2. 65 Number of adults, mio 2. 64 2. 63 2. 60 2. 58 2. 57 2. 55 2. 56 2. 54 2. 5 2. 48 2. 45 2. 43 2. 4 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Years

Situation in Lithuania Adult participation in lifelong learning, % 7 6 5. 9 6 5. 7 5. 3 5 4. 9 5. 2 4. 9 % of respondents 4. 5 4 3 3. 9 3. 8 3 2 1 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Years 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Situation in Lithuania Adult participation in lifelong learning, % 7 6 6. 3 6. 4 2013 1 q 2013 2 q 5. 8 5. 2 5 % of respondents 6. 5 4 3 2 1 0 2012 1 q 2012 2 q 2012 3 q Periods 2012 4 q

What prevents from participating in lifelong learning (2011) 45 No need to learn 4 Lack of abilities 14 Learning is too expensive 1 Lack of support from employer 11 Occupied in work 6 Occupied at home 3 Learning facilities too far 13 Age and health interruptions 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 % of respondents 35 40 45 50

Deficiencies Internet access 16 Money for education 59 Libraries 21 Services in career planing, vocational couseling Information about education posibilities 33 22 Tools required for learning 28 Posibilities in choosing form of education Non-vocational adult education institutions Vocational adult education institutions 27 29 27 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 % of adult learners

Adult education providers in Lithuania Number of adult education providers 1400 1200 1097 1145 1000 859 800 699 600 543 561 628 400 2005 2006 2007 2008 Years 2009 2010 2011

Conclusions / Summary • A little more than 6% of adults are participating in lifelong learning – it is about 150. 000 people a year; • There almost 900 adult education providers in Lithuania. • The most common reason for participating – to improve job skills; • The most common reason for not participating – they don’t see the need for learning; • Of those that want to learn – biggest deficiency is money for education.

Market potential 6 adults from 100 are participating in life long learning; One adult education provider receives 170 adult learners a year.

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