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Preface“If we want more people to get an education, it is important that we don't make them start from the beginning. People need to receive credit for the skills they have already learned. Let's implement this idea out where the rubber meets the road – in schools and at work places.” Bertel Haarder Globalisation and technological development lead to challenges that require the nation's workforce to raise its skill level. A central challenge is to encourage individuals to enrol in continuing education courses. One way to do this is to increase the use of prior learning assessments, in order to ensure that individuals' competencies are highlighted and recognised. This publication gives an introduction to the Danish actions for promoting recognition of prior learning. It defines prior learning and it gives a review of the policy process leading up to new regulations for recognition of prior learning. It also describes the policy process from legislation to implementation of the new regulations. Finally the publication goes through the initiatives that the Ministry of Education has carried out to promote recognition of prior learning within the adult and continuing education system.
Villy Hovard Pedersen
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This page is part of the electronic publication "National actions for promoting recognition of prior learning"