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The Effects of Adult Education in Welfare-To-Work

Abstract

This article focuses on adult education and its effects on welfare-to-work. Adult education is one of the growing fields that help in the workforce development. Adult education has not only contributed towards the growth of economy but also it has contributed towards the life of many individuals. There are several benefits which people have get from adult education. First the people are trained with the required skills. These skills include basic calculation, analytical and technical skills which can help the individuals to work in a better way than before. This also helps them to progress in their life and contribute towards the economical growth and also towards the moral growth. From the studies it was found that adult education and welfare-to-work programs have seen more transitions. People prefer adult education over vocational training but in adult education they are able to learn more than just learning about technical skills. Adult education adds values to their life trough basic education program.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Introduction1

Discussion2

Economy and Workforce3

Supply of Labor force through Adult Education3

General Education and Adult Education4

Welfare-To-Work Programs & Adult Education5

Conclusion5

References8

Appendices9

The Effects of Adult Education in Welfare-To-Work

Introduction

Adult education is defined as the learning strategy to educate those people who are defined as adults due to their age, social roles or social perception. Adult education serves the society on a broader perspective. It serves in the domain of individual's self development, social justice and workforce generation. Adult education also helps in the advancement of organization as it helps individuals to develop themselves which result in organizations to grow. Because of adult education people have started shifting from welfare jobs to working on jobs. Adult education is not purely an education degree, it helps the people of adult age group to learn basic skills that can help them to find jobs, work in better environment and increase their working efficiency. This process helps the people to become an efficient citizen with more working capabilities and skills results in self-sufficient economy. Adult education offers an incentive to those who are earning low wages. This make them enable to earn more by qualifying for highly paid job. Welfare-to-work is strongly affected by the concept of adult education. Adult education not only provides the people with technical skills, but it also helps them to learn analytical skills. General education program is a part of adult education so that the encumbering can properly grow in any sector they want to enter or they are working (Corsetti, 2002).

This overwhelming response of adult education is for various reasons amongst them one is concentration of general education. The main problem with old age employees was that they had technical and analytical skills but they were not educated i.e. they did not have any certificate of degree in any educational discipline. Despite of the fact that the old age employee of people had years of experience but their education sometimes become a hindrance in their growth. Many people are unemployed because they do not qualify minimum education ...