STRATEGIES FOR PROFESSIONALIZATION OF LIFELONG LEARNING TEACHERS IN INDIA

P. Adinarayana Reddy and D. Uma Devi

The term Lifelong learning is used in India to denote the education acquired through all forms of education by the clientele voluntarily to improve their knowledge, skills and competencies in their profession, and further education to improve their occupational status throughout their life. The major source of lifelong opportunities is formal and non formal streams for education.

​The programmes designed for promotion of lifelong learning are of broadly four categories viz., Adult literacy programme, skills and competence promotion programmes, orientation and refresher courses and Continuing education. The resent paper deals with the strategies adopted in India for professionalization of the teachers involved in area of lifelong learning.

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