This is no easy task for brains that have received lifelong training in right-answer finding, but it can be done.

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It recognises the prior learning and life experiences that adults have already gained and sees the training of adults as a competency-based process of lifelong learning.

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The second award of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy goes to the Municipal Literacy Coordinating Council, Municipality of Agoo, La Union, Philippines, for its Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Programme, which makes available a vast array of education and training opportunities to the entire population, including the neediest.

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Lifelong Learning and Higher Education Minister, Margaret Hodge, said: "We must not tolerate poor quality training, and ensure standards are driven up so that all learners get the training they deserve".

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