There are four main forms of adult continuing education in national education series, namely, adult higher education, higher education self-study examination, modern distance open education of TV University and online university. These four forms of education have their own characteristics. Except for adult higher education, the other three items do not need to take the national unified entrance examination. There are also great differences in admission, curriculum, graduation years, charging standards, degree awarding, and class methods.
The significance of adult higher education;
Adult higher education is an important part of higher education. Radio and TV universities, staff and workers' universities, vocational and technical colleges, farmers' colleges, management cadre colleges, education colleges, independent correspondence colleges and adult (secondary) education colleges (hereinafter referred to as adult colleges) that hold adult higher education approved by the Ministry of Education implement national unified enrollment.
Contents of self-study examination for higher education:
The self-study examination of higher education is a national examination of higher education for self-learners, which is the product of the combination of individual self-study, social assistance and national examination. The self-taught examination system was established in 198 1 year. At present, the self-study examination has spread to 3 1 province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government, military system and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, and it is the largest open form of higher education in China. Enrollment type: technical secondary school, junior college, undergraduate, independent undergraduate course.
Learning form: Candidates are mainly self-taught. According to the needs and possibilities, self-taught candidates can choose face-to-face, correspondence, radio, television, audio-visual and other ways to receive guidance and help. Some applied technology majors need to participate in full-time study and have corresponding graduation years. The exam is divided into subjects and accumulated credits to gradually complete the study. In accordance with the requirements of the professional examination plan, examinations are conducted in different categories, and those who pass the course examination are issued with a certificate of single subject, and credits are calculated according to regulations. Those who fail can take the next exam of this course.