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Lifelong learning in Republic of Croatia

Five years ago Croatian Government adopted a strategy of adult education, action plans for its implementation and its first Adult Education Law and established the Agency for Adult Education, which resulted in significant improvements in the development of these activities and education of the population. The paper analyses the situation of adult education in Croatia - information on participation, service providers, content, teachers and funding of adult education. Data of the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Croatian Employment Service, EduCenter, Eurostat and the Data Base of the Agency for vocational and adult education whereas used in this study. Eurostat study Adult Education Survey, which is being made in Croatia by the Central Bureau of Statistics, covers a sample of 5000 respondents aged 25-64. Labour Force Survey (LFS) is conducted quarterly, on the sample of about 5 600 housing units and at an annual sample of more than 40 000 respondents in the Republic of Croatia. In this paper, terminology was used in accordance with the Adult Education Law. In cases where the original documents, from which the data were adopted, used different terminology, the terms of the original text were used.

adult education; lifelong learning; adult education funding; facilities and teachers in adult education

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