Lifelong Learn. 2014, 4, 129-140

https://doi.org/10.11118/lifele20140402129

Present and Future of the Senior Education in Slovakia

Erik Selecký

Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, Centrum ďalšieho vzdelávania, T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovenská republika

Received September 25, 2014
Accepted November 20, 2014

The main goal of this paper is to define the basic terms and functions in the field of seniors education. We analyse the Slovak Government politics concerning active aging and we relate it to economical issues. Another section focuses on senior education by means of the University of the Third Age in Slovakia. Actual statistics of the academic year 2012/2013 are provided here. In the final part, the present situation and the future of senior education in Slovakia are compared, and we also discuss the issue of new technologies in senior education.