The Role of Adult Education in Reducing Unemployment and Poverty Cover Image

Značaj obrazovanja odraslih u smanjenju nezaposlenosti i siromaštva
The Role of Adult Education in Reducing Unemployment and Poverty

Author(s): Suada Buljubašić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Adult Education
Published by: JU ‘’Bosanski kulturni centar Kantona Sarajevo’’
Keywords: lifelong learning; adult education; unemployment; poverty; social integration; marginalization;

Summary/Abstract: Being viewed as one of lifelong learning subsystems, adult education is extremely important and has various functions. Among others, adult education has important function in the battle against unemployment and poverty. Therefore, the battle against unemployment and increasing poverty in our country requests the adult education as an important element. The number of unemployed persons in Bosna and Herzegovina is extremely high. The qualifying structure unemployed persons have is not satisfying. Many are not qualified at all for any job or their qualifications are not competitive at the job market. That is why the adult education is imposed as urgent in reducing unemployment. Besides, the lifetime employment concept is replaced by the concept lifetime employability with continual learning as condition sine qua non. Lifetime employment is relevant for unemployed persons so they would not be socially excluded and marginalized.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 141-148
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bosnian