Continuing education refers to all kinds of education received by people who leave formal education, take part in work and have adult responsibilities. It is an advanced supplementary education for professional and technical personnel to update, supplement, expand and improve their abilities.
Continuing education is a special form of education, mainly to update, supplement, expand and improve the knowledge and skills of professional and technical personnel, further improve the knowledge structure, and improve creativity and professional and technical level.
Continuing education is a form of education that appears at a certain historical stage when human society develops, and it is an important part of educational modernization. It plays a more and more important role in the process of social development, especially in the formation of a learning society with all-people learning and lifelong learning.
Educational advantages of continuing education
1, low tuition: the self-study exam for higher education is much cheaper than the tuition for one academic year in ordinary colleges and universities.
2. Academic qualifications recognized by the state: the state recognizes academic qualifications of self-taught, adult, network and open education, and graduates of self-taught examinations enjoy the same treatment as similar graduates of ordinary colleges and universities.
3. National recognition: China's self-taught diploma has been recognized by 43 overseas countries, and the RTVU diploma has also been recognized by Britain, the United States, Japan, Australia and other countries. This recognition includes mutual recognition of academic qualifications and mutual recognition of credits.
4. Admission is wide and strict: there is no entrance examination for self-taught candidates, and high school graduates or those with equivalent academic qualifications can enter the school directly, and the number of places is not limited by the national plan; To pass the exam, you need to take the national unified adult exam before you can enter school; Open education needs to take the entrance examination of local TV universities to meet the requirements of relevant academic qualifications.
5. Free choice of major: Candidates can freely choose their favorite major according to their hobbies, specialties and potential abilities.