Education outside schools

The accelerated growth of scientific results and new developments in information technologies have resulted in rapid changes in the knowledge which people need to be able to function in today's society. Consequently, recurrent learning will become increasingly more important during our own lifetime, and even more so for future generations.

Today, computer education at pre-college level is determined mainly by vocational or practical needs. In the education process this leads to multiple, badly coordinated and inconsistent learning environments, and consequently, to a deficiency in learning. We urgently need long term plans for a life-time recurrent education, using information technology as a mental tool in well-planned learning environments.