The
right to education is one of the previously mentioned universal
rights.In our society access to knowledge is as crucial for the
development as access to e.g. raw materials.
In our fast evolving society, life-long education opportunities
are of primordial importance for the individual as well as for
the community.
Europe has understood , and after the Lissabon
Top of 2002 launched
a Memorandum on life-long learning with six key ideas. The Flemish
Minister of Education had a study and a questionaire made about
it, from which (CONBEL-report) we quote a couple of conclusions
that are relevant to our project.
“To realise key message 2, investing
more in human resources,there
must be a financial support and an extension of the opportunities
for combining learning, working and family life.”
“For key message 6, bringing learning
activities closer to home,the importance of creating local networks and partnerships
is emphasised, as well as relying on new
information- and communication technologies.”
A next step was the Vilvoorde Pact, with the following goal for
life-long learning: “In 2010 Flanders will have evolved
into a learning society. Life-long and life-large learning will
be embedded in society…
In 2010 the amount of functionally literates and of ICT-skilled
people will have risen to more than three quarters of the population.”
To realise this more is needed than our SDIT project!
