Seventy-five percent of respondents in a poll said they worry they would not be able to keep up with the times if they do not keep learning, the Professor Huang Kun-huei Education Foundation said yesterday.
Foundation chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝) told a news conference in Taipei that everyone needs to keep learning and adapting, as that would augment Taiwan’s competitiveness.
Taiwan is at least two decades behind in promoting the concept and it is lagging behind other countries, Huang said.
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UNESCO has stressed the importance of lifelong learning since 2003 and set 2030 for member states to establish equal, accepting and accessible lifelong learning goals, he said.
Surging interest in artificial intelligence (AI) development and Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s (黃仁勳) speeches at National Taiwan University and Computex Taipei on AI matters showed that times are rapidly changing, Huang said.
The poll showed that 77.4 percent of respondents agreed that the government should encourage corporations to promote lifelong learning organizations.
Seventy-nine percent of respondents said that a government-backed lifelong learning program would be the most effective way to promote the concept, while 72.2 percent said that even Executive Yuan officials should adopt lifelong learning.
Of the respondents, 83.2 percent agreed that lifelong learning was an obligation for all Taiwanese.
The poll also showed that 52.1 percent said lifelong learning should be a policy point for candidates in next year’s presidential election.
Retired professor Feng Ching-huang (馮清皇) told the news conference that more than 90 percent of residents of Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung aged 23 to 34 agreed that lifetime learning was necessary, while about half believe the subjects they learn should pertain to their life and work.
Feng said 48.5 percent believed that not having diverse channels for learning was a problem, while respondents who had attended courses were most satisfied with learning about corporate affairs and self-learning.
Chaoyang University of Technology professor Huang Fu-shun (黃富順) said that Internet-based courses are convenient, accessible and open, urging government and private organizations to develop and offer such courses free of charge.
The poll was conducted from April 27 to May 31, targeting Taiwanese aged 18 or older. It received 7,487 valid responses. No margin of error was provided.
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