Legislative maintenance of the education system of adult population in the UK

Abstract

The issue of improving the country’s competitiveness and the development of adult education for a long time, from the middle of the nineteenth century, have always been in the sight of the British authorities, were determined by the legislative and regulatory framework. It is believed that the beginning of adult education at the state level laid the law «On Education» in 1902, the Law «On Education» in 1944 regulated the education of adults. In connection with the improvement of production in the first half of the twentieth century, a number of policy materials are issued, according to which workers’ organizations, industrial councils are created, correspondence education is developing, courses of humanitarian education are organized. In the 70–80 years of the twentieth century, much attention is being drawn to the development Яof vocational education of adults in connection with a significant increase in the level of NTP. At the end of the twentieth century, a number of laws were issued, which served as the basis for a modern model of adult education: the structure of adult education management is changing, the policy of combining equal opportunities for all with market-oriented approaches to education, accreditation of most adult education programs, management of standardization of education. The relevant documents are issued in the country (the most well-known are «green» and «white» documents), which indicate the need for consultations on adult education, and the clarification of the issues of adult education development indicated in the policy materials. In the nineteenth century, the development of adult education was intensively taking place, policy materials were issued that promoted the education of adults, because its progress was necessary for the growing economy of the country.