Adult education refers to a form of education different from ordinary full-time teaching. Adult education is not limited by age and sex. Through this educational process, people who are regarded as adults in society can increase their abilities, enrich their knowledge, improve their technical and professional qualifications, or turn them to a new direction, thus changing their attitudes and behaviors in two aspects: their all-round development and their participation in the balanced and independent development of social economy and culture. The fundamental purpose of adult education is to expand educational opportunities, improve national quality and implement lifelong education.

The initial purpose of implementing adult education is to provide a second chance for those poor people in society or those who have lost their educational opportunities for other reasons, so as to realize social justice and equal educational opportunities. Therefore, adult education is often a social policy of the government. At present, the theory of "carrying out education from beginning to end" is gradually recognized and accepted by all countries in the world. Under the guidance of this theory, the development of adult education has a new direction and new goal. The theory of lifelong education promotes the cause of adult education, and adult education is also consciously integrated into this new education system. Therefore, the implementation of lifelong education has become the fundamental purpose of adult education.

There are four main forms of adult continuing education, namely, adult college entrance examination, higher education self-study examination, modern distance open education of RTVU and network education (distance education). 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. Adult higher education is divided into three types: junior college, senior high school and junior college. There are three forms of study in school: full-time, part-time (including part-time and evening university) and correspondence. The shortest time for full-time study is: four years in senior high school, two years in junior college and two years in junior college (higher vocational school); The minimum study time for amateur and correspondence courses is five years from senior high school and two and a half years from junior high school and junior college (higher vocational college).

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Hubei Yishuo