1. EDUCATION for adults with basic skill needs in Spain
         
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EDUCATION for adults with basic skill needs in Spain
MEC for OECD/CERI Nov 2006

2. ALV Ministry of Education and Science
         
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Organization of education in Spain
Ministry of Education and Science
Educational responsibilities transferred to 17 C.C.A.A. (Autonomous Communities or Regions)

3. ALV Objectives of Adult Education
         
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Objectives of Adult Education
To acquire, complete or extend skills and knowledge as well as facilitate access to the different levels of the educational program.
To develop programmes and courses that respond to the particular and specific needs of the under-privileged social groups.
To improve their professional qualifications or facilitate training for the development of other professions.
To develop their participation skills in social, cultural, political and economic spheres of life.

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5. To develop programmes to combat the risk of social exclusion, especially among the underprivileged.
6. To respond adequately to the implications of an ageing population and guaranteeing older persons opportunities to improve and update their skills.
7. To foresee and resolve personal, family and social conflicts. Promote genuine equality of rights and opportunities between men and women, and analyse and evaluate existing inequalities.
 The main aim of AE is to offer all citizens access to lifelong learning (LLL)

5. ALV Adult education provision
         
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Adult education provision
Basic education:level I (literacy),level II(consolidation of basic knowledge and instrumental techniques and level III (Secondary education for adults)
Vocational training
Courses to prepare for examinations for the different educational levels.
Spanish for immigrants
Non formal courses :Mentor programes for ICTs…

6. ALV Validation and certification The new Educational Act (LOE) of 2006
         
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Validation and certification
The new Educational Act (LOE) of 2006
Two examples from the flexible approach
in access to the Certificate of Compulsory Secondary Education (Graduado en Educación Secundaria Obligatoria)
in provision in Vocational Education and Training

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Validation and certification The new Educational Act (LOE) of Two examples from the flexible approach
Flexibility by :
-promotion of mobility and transparency across the country and with Europe;
-facilitating the accumulation of credits building up to adult qualifications

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Access to the Certificate of Compulsory Secondary Education (“Graduado en Educación Secundaria Obligatoria”)
Structure of the courses offered : common to all 17 educational administrations.
Three core modules :
Communication,
Science and Technologies
Citizenship and Social education

9. ALV B) Provision in Vocational Education and Training
         
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B) Provision in Vocational Education and Training
-Complete courses or modules
Modules and formative units: validated and certificated individually by the regional administrations and recognised throughout the country.
-Validation of professional competencies
Validation of professional competencies acquired through professional experience and through non formal learning

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