Adult education is on the rise again: what and how should we learn in 2024?
In 2022, more than 100,000 people took part in adult education, probably even more last year, although no final figures are available. According to Ákos Zsuffa, president of the Association of Adult Educators, the most popular areas of training included software development, business skills, finance and marketing. Although most training is available online, a recent large-scale survey shows that almost half of adult learners still believe in classroom-based training.
The Covid era has also shaken up adult education. Digital channels became temporarily dominant, and those providers who could not adapt quickly enough lost significant market share. But the labour market has changed a lot too, with the effects of a severe labour shortage a few years ago and then changing labour demand linked to the ups and downs of the construction boom also clearly visible in the feedback from participants....