Recognition, validation and accreditation of youth and adult basic education as a foundation of lifelong learning
This report summarizes the research and discussion of the expert group, drawing on three meetings held by UNESCO in 2016, as well as a literature review. It focuses on three themes – principles, policy and practice – and provides examples of how the issue is being approached across the world. It offers 12 conclusions based on the evidence gathered and proposes a number of key messages for stakeholders in Member States. The aim is to support Member States to improve and recalibrate their approaches to the RVA of non-formal and basic education so that young people and adults who have already been let down by the formal education system are not failed again.