PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 2 Promotion of Lifelong Learning
4 Lifelong Learning and Institutions of Formal Education
(3) Diversification of the Ways of Access to Formal Education
In order to accept more working adults into universities and
other educational institutions, it is necessary to create alternative ways of
access to these institutions for adults different from the "normal track" for
younger students.
For this reason, various systems and arrangements have been
introduced to facilitate the access of adult citizens to formal education and
to expand learning opportunities for them. Specifically, 1)evening and correspondence
courses have allowed students to learn in accordance with flexible time and teaching
methods; 2)the University Entrance Qualification Test has enabled students who
have not finished an upper secondary school course to go on to higher education;
3)some universities have reserved a certain number of special places for adult
citizens and carried out adult admissions through special selection procedures;
and 4)many universities have admitted auditing and other special non-degree seeking
students who are allowed to study a limited number of subjects.