Educational Offers Outside the School System Part-II

 

The media, television in particular, should focus on the task of familiarizing a larger audience - not just a minority already interested - with science and technology literacy and on increasing their willingness to engage in lifelong learning and testing the skills they has acquired.

Further education courses on the use of the new technologies in industry and public administration are too narrow and job-specific. The companies and public administrations in question should provide more broadly based training and take into account the fact that more broadly trained personnel are ultimately a gain for their employers.

In addition to the courses provided for senior citizens by adult education institutions, it is recommended that funding be provided for so-called "senior citizen academies" allowing older people to benefit from technological progress and to preserve and use the basic education in science and technology they have acquired in the past.