A predominant impression that sets in at the mention of adult education sounds like “it’s school for the old”; but that’s not true entirely. Although adult education was basically meant for those who initially terminated or somehow had an interruption in their early education, it still applies to the education one gets beyond the age of say 25 or 30.

As much as the big name calls it, adult education has almost the same learning setting as the usual education regular students get in school. This procedure extends through collaborative adult education research projects, teaching patterns, examination, final year projects, tuition fee payments and other administrative formalities. But there are facts about adult education which you are yet to apprehend; we will have them discussed here as you read on.

It’s not conventional schooling
Adult education doesn’t take after conventional schooling; It takes an advanced pattern of teaching and learning. Students need not appear in uniforms or some special attire; some do not even see their instructors from the beginning to the end of their adult education. Meanwhile, there is this dynamic aura that surrounds the adult education sphere that’s often not native to normal early education.

Students take responsibility for their own learning
Unlike normal early education, adult education expects students to be part of their learning programme design. Students sit with their instructors to schedule lecture days and time, lecture medium or venue and all; they can even decide if classes hold or not. No one is questionable for your absence or sudden decision to discontinue your education; everyone is just their own lord.

Its major aim is to make people literate
Most times adult education is embraced just to eradicate illiteracy in the society especially when it comes under the umbrella of community development. Adults in rural communities partake in such education and apparently graduate but end up without a professional portfolio. In some other cases, adult education presents itself in the form of skill acquisition or some tech learning either virtual or otherwise. Meanwhile, it originally calls off ignorance from the mind of the beneficiaries.

Back here, adult education is very visible in the university communities where such programmes like continuing education, post-graduate programmes, Masters and Ph.D. programmes are held. Otherwise, it could just be some empowerment or skill acquisition programmes organized to illuminate the society intellectually.