PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 5 Promotion of "Social Education"
4 Provision of Diverse Learning Opportunities
(3) Learning Activities of Old People
With a view to enabling old people to live a worthwhile life,
efforts have been made to provide them with attractive places for learning and
for social participation. Local boards of education and other organs have organized
classes and lecture courses for old people to give them an opportunity for systematic
learning. In recent years the number of these classes and lecture courses has
been increasing. The Ministry has been granting subsidies to prefecture governments
for their expenditures for organizing "old people's colleges" with the cooperation
of institutions of higher education. These colleges offer advanced educational
programs in a wide range of fields, so as to cope with the diversified and heightened
demands of old people. In order to help old people lead a life worth living and
to carry out effective measures for this purpose in cooperation with related
organizations. The Ministry also subsidizes municipal "comprehensive programs
for facilitating the worthwhile living of old people" in which various programs
are undertaken, including: the organization of a meeting for promoting education
for old people; the creation of classes for old people; the organization of lecture
courses for training volunteers; the utilization of the knowledge and experience
of old people; The exchange of information and experiences between old and young
people; and so forth.
Chapter5 4 (3)
Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture