The Adult Education Survey (AES) aims to gather information on uptake of
formal, non-formal and informal education and training activities, being
academic or vocational, during 2016. The survey is conducted every five years,
as per EU regulation, amongst adults aged 25-64 who were living in private
households in Malta and Gozo during the year under review. The analysis
presented in this publication is based on an estimated population of 236,210
persons ...
... Total number of persons aged 25-64 who have actively sought information
about education and training possibilities during 2016 amounted to 45,664
(equivalent to 19.3 per cent of the estimated target population count).
... The number of persons participating in Formal Education (FED) increased
from 4.4 per cent (9,481 persons) reported in 2011 to 7.2 per cent (16,994
persons) in 2016.
… The most popular reason for undertaking formal education was to increase
skills/knowledge in a subject of interest, with 92.3 per cent of FED
participants confirming this.
… Each FED participant spent an annual average of 245 hours in this form
of learning during 2016.
… Total number of persons participating in Non-Formal Education (NFE)
during the reference period amounted to 79,797 (equivalent to 33.8 per cent of
the target population count).
... On average, an NFE participant followed 2.34 NFE activities during the
reference year.
...Nearly 40 per cent of the youngest category of respondents (aged 25-34
years) did not participate in either FED or NFE activity during 2016 and did
not show any interest in future participation.
... The number of persons participating in Informal Education (INF) stood at
42.0 per cent (99,178 persons) in 2016.
... The largest proportion of INF participants belonged to the age group
35-54, with 48.7 per cent (48,338 persons).
... Over 40 per cent of the target population said that they are familiar
with two other languages, other than their mother tongue. On the other hand,
8.2 per cent of the population confirmed that they do not know any other
languages, apart from their mother tongue.
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