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| Published: June 25, 2020

Lifelong learning for senior citizens in India: needs and possibilities

Ruchi Mittal

Research scholar, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, U.P., India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.033/20200802

DOI: 10.25215/0802.033

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Lifelong learning has been widely regarded as one of the most useful activities which benefit the senior citizens in term of their psychological, mental, physical and cognitive well-being.  Lifelong learning is needed for senior citizens, to deal with the practical life skills and adjustments to changing living situations. Lifelong learning has been seen as a vital tool: to involve education, businessman, public organization, youths in educational work with senior citizens; to create system of work with the senior citizens studying their needs; and to develop and implement the innovative projects for the learning of senior citizens. Extending these arguments, present paper details about the lifelong learning needs of senior citizens and delves about the possibilities to meet lifelong learning needs of senior citizens in India.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.033/20200802

10.25215/0802.033

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Published in   Volume 08, Issue 2, April- June, 2020