9. Adult Education 9.1. Providers and Programmes Adult education is a highly diversified sector in terms of both target groups and providers, and does not form an integrated sector within a common legislative or institutional framework. It is provided by various public and non-public institutions both within and outside the formal education system.
The System of Education in Poland 2020
The national legislation does not provide a comprehensive definition of adult education, which may be explained by the vast area covered by such forms of education and by difficulties in assigning the responsibility for this type of provision to a single administrative structure. Continuing education is defined as education / training in schools for adults, stage II sectoral vocational schools and post-secondary schools, and as acquisition of new and supplementary knowledge, skills and vocational qualifications in specific non-school settings (see below) by learners who have completed part-time compulsory education (after completion of full-time compulsory education).
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MAIN PROVIDERS
MAIN TYPES OF PROVISION
Public and non-public schools, incl. primary and general secondary schools for adults, and stage II sectoral vocational schools and post-secondary schools
The same education cycles as in school education for children and young people
Public and non-public continuing education centres (CECs), vocational training centres (VTCs), and vocational and continuing education centres (VCECs), combining a vocational school and a CEC. All part of the school education system
Vocational qualification courses, vocational skills courses, general competences courses (CEC, VTC and VCEC); practical training for learners in vocational schools, and supplementary theoretical vocational training for juvenile workers (VTC); and other courses providing or upgrading knowledge, skills and vocational qualifications (CEC, VTC, VCEC)
Public and non-public HEIs, and research institutions
Specialist programmes (HEIs only) and non-degree postgraduate programmes
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Vocational qualification courses, vocational skills courses, and supplementary theoretical vocational training for juvenile workers
