1. Lifelong Education: A Reality in 21st
century in India
Presented by
Jaganmayee Mishra
Poonam Kumari
M.Phil Scholar
RIE, Bhubaneswar

2. Necessity of lifelong education
•Lifelong education contradicts the conventional
system where education is limited only to schools
and colleges where children and young people are
prepared for adulthood.
•Lifelong education seeks to help in improvement
of quality of life.
•The idea of lifelong education is the keystone of
the learning society

3. To be cont….
Three main directions of lifelong education
• Expansion refers to the fact that lifelong education
encompasses the learning process in time, in the
multiplication of learning situations, and in doing it creates
new motivations and offers all kinds of opportunities.
• Innovation refers to the creation of alternative structures
and patterns of learning in response to multiple and diverse
learning opportunities.
• Integration facilitates the process of expansion and the
introduction of innovation through adequate organization
and meaningful linkages.

4. Influence of Delors report on life long
education
• Learning takes place both within and outside of
school.
• Analysis of the social and economic context of
learners is essential to reaching a better
understanding of quality in education.
• Learning is about allowing every individual to
participate in society and making our society more
cohesive.

5. Lifelong Education in 21st century
• Life long education in 21st century should be:
• Continuous - it never stops
• Supportive - it isn’t done alone
• Stimulating and empowering - it’s self-directed
and active, not passive
• Incorporating knowledge, values, skills, and
understanding

6. To be cont…
• Spanning a lifetime -it happens from our first
breath to our last
• Applied - it’s not just for knowledge’s sake
• Incorporating confidence, creativity, and
enjoyment
• Inclusive of all roles, circumstances, and
environments - it applies not only to our
chosen profession, but to our entire life.

7. Life long Education in Indian Context
The national knowledge commission (NKC) provides
adequate inputs for action to achieve the goal of
knowledge society. The objectives of NKC are –
• To build excellence in the lifelong and formal educational
systems to meet the knowledge
• Challenges of the 21st century and increase India’s
competitive advantage in fields of knowledge.
• To improve the management of institutions engaged in
intellectual property rights.
• To promote knowledge applications in agriculture and
industry.

8. The visions of learning by Delor
commission in 21st century
“Learning should go beyond the traditional distinction between initial
schooling and continuing education”.
• Learning to know - mastering learning tools rather than acquisition of
structured knowledge.
• Learning to do – equipping people for the types of work needed now and
in the future including innovation and adaptation of learning to future
work environments.
• Learning to live together– peacefully resolving conflict, discovering other
people and their cultures, fostering community capability, individual
competence and capacity, economic resilience, and social inclusion.
• Learning to be – education contributing to a person’s complete
development: mind and body, intelligence, sensitivity, aesthetic
appreciation and spirituality

9. Conclusion
Education does not end with schooling, but is a
lifelong process. The adult needs an
understanding of the rapidly changing world and
the growing complexities of society. Even those
who had the most sophisticated education must
continue to learn; the alternative is
obsolescence... Thus viewed the function of adult
education in a democracy is to provide every
adult citizen an opportunity for education of the
type which he wishes and which he should have
for his personal enrichment, professional
advancement and effective participation in social
and political life (Report of Indian Education
Commission, 1966).

10. “ The illiterate of 21st century will not be those who
can not read or write but those who can not learn
,unlearn and relearn”
- Alvin Toffler