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8 Adult and continuing educationThe proportion participating in activities within adult and continuing education has gone up. In 2006, more than one in four (26 %) of the Danish labour force in the 25-64 years age group had participated in an adult and continuing education activity (VEU activity) within the last four weeks before the time of the survey. This proportion is slightly higher than in 2004 and 2005, but considerably higher compared to 2003 where the corresponding proportion was 14 % (figure 8.1). Compared to Finland, Norway, and France, the extent of VEU activities is highest in Denmark (table 8.1). The length of adult and continuing education (VEU) varies greatly. In order to obtain a uniform concept, the activity is measured by translating into full-time student years. A student year corresponds to a full-time student during one year. For example, a student year in adult vocational training (AMU) is 1,480 hours per year, while a student year in Danish as a secondary language is 756 hours. From 2003 to 2004, the activity fell by approximately 4,000 student years. Table 8.2 shows two opposite developments: A rise in the activity in higher education (e.g. diploma and master’s programmes (candidatus)) and a heavy decrease in the activity within Danish as a secondary language. Figure 8.2 shows the development in graphical form. Figure 8.1. Proportion of the labour force in age group 25-64 who has participated in VEU activities within the last four weeks
Table 8.1. Proportion of the labour force in age group 25-64 in selected EU countries who has participated in VEU activities within the last four weeks
Table 8.2. Student years in public VEU, total and per type of VEU
Figure 8.2. Student years in public VEU, total and per type of VEU
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