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ADULT LEARNING AND EDUCATION
Adult Learning and Education as the core component of Lifelong Learning
Specific feature of adult learning and education (ALE) as a separate field of education is, when
practicing and having different forms of implementation, ALE as a separate educational
subsector in many countries including Uzbekistan is not institutionalized at decision - and
policy-making level. At the same time, in a number of developed countries ALE has already
passed the stage of institutionalization and functions as a generally acknowledged subsector
of the educational system, promoting professional and creative potential of adult citizens
throughout their lives and contributing to economic development and improvement in the well-
being of the population.
The definition of adult education as a special category was given in 1976 in the UNESCO
Recommendations:
The "adult education" denotes the entire body of organized educational processes,
whatever the content, level and method, whether formal or otherwise, whether they
prolong or replace initial education in schools, colleges and universities as well as in
apprenticeship, whereby persons regarded as adult by the society to which they belong
develop their abilities, enrich their knowledge, improve their technical or professional
qualifications or turn them in a new direction and bring about changes in their attitudes
or behaviour in twofold perspective of full personal development and participation in
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