Continuing education is an educational activity for all members of society, especially adults, after school education, and it is an important part of lifelong learning system. Because the world economy and society put forward higher requirements for continuing education, the field of continuing education practice has been developing continuously, and the position, function and method of continuing education in the economy and society have been preliminarily understood and practiced, and the scientific research of continuing education has also made great progress.
There are many forms of continuing education, such as: distance network education is a new educational model. Since 1999, the Ministry of Education has approved 68 colleges and universities such as Tsinghua University Distance Education and university of international business and economics Distance Education College to carry out the pilot work of modern distance education. Students who meet the requirements of undergraduate and junior college graduation will be awarded higher education diplomas, which will be recognized by the state after electronic registration.
Candidates who take the self-study examination for higher education can apply for the self-study college and undergraduate respectively, or they can also apply for the college and undergraduate of the same major at the same time, but they must obtain the college diploma before they can receive the undergraduate diploma (candidates who have obtained all the qualified scores stipulated in the college examination plan at the same time can go through the graduation formalities at the same time).
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For example, there are American Engineering Education Association and American Engineering Technology Accreditation Committee in the United States, so that undergraduates, master students and doctoral students must pass the corresponding national certificate examination after graduation to obtain the qualifications of engineers, lawyers, doctors and nurses. There are also a series of professional qualifications, such as the American Financial Accounting Certification (ICMA) and the American Real Estate Association's Certified Real Estate Investor Certification (CCIA).
For another example, Britain has a national qualification certificate framework, covering all kinds of academic qualifications and professional qualifications. The National University of Singapore completed the continuing education project by setting up an engineer activity center as a public organization to implement short-term courses, special student plans and seminars for foreign and domestic students.
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