PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 2 Promotion of Lifelong Learning
3 Lifelong Learning and Institutions of Formal Education
(3) Diversification of the Ways of Access to Formal Education
In order to accept more working adults into universities and
other educational institutions, it is necessary to secure for these adults ways
of access to these institutions, which are different from those for young students.
From this reason, various systems and arrangements have been
introduced to facilitate the access of adult citizens to formal education and
to expand learning opportunities for these people. Specifically, 1) evening (part-time)
and correspondence courses have allowed students to learn in accordance with
flexible school hours and flexible teaching methods; 2) the University Entrance
Qualification Test has enabled students who have not finished an upper secondary
school course to goon to higher education; 3) some universities have reserved
a certain number of special places for adult citizens to admit them through special
selection procedures; and 4) many universities have admitted special non-degree
students who are all owed to study a limited number of subjects.
Chapter2 3 (3)
Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture