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Continuing education is an independent part of the education system under public responsibility, on an equal footing with schools, universities and vocational training. It serves the whole person, their personal, professional and social needs.

Continuing education serves the realization of the right to education. It should contribute to equal opportunities, in particular to the equality of women and men and of disabled and non-disabled people, through needs-based educational opportunities, reduce educational deficits, enable the deepening, supplementation and expansion of existing or the acquisition of new knowledge, skills and qualifications and enable people to act independently and self-determinedly in private and public life as well as to participate and share responsibility in professional and public life.

Continuing education should be open to all people, regardless of their gender and age, their education, social or professional status, their political or ideological orientation and their nationality. The continuing education institutions offer a wide range of general, political and vocational continuing education measures. These include measures for vocational qualification, preparation for school-leaving qualifications, literacy, history, politics, psychology, philosophy, art, regional and local studies, natural sciences, technology, artistic and handicraft design, languages, home economics and health education.

Continuing education is intended to promote the willingness of individuals to engage in lifelong learning, contribute to equal opportunities and help to reduce educational deficits.
Further information and links to the various providers and institutions of continuing education can be found here.

You can find out more on the homepage of the responsible ministry.

Literacy measures for adults

Measures for the acquisition of reading and writing skills in adulthood are offered by the adult education centres and member institutions of recognized state organizations of further education at numerous locations in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Information about the Association of Adult Education Centres and the recognized state organizations for continuing education can be found here.

School-leaving qualifications for adults

Further education courses in preparation for a school-leaving qualification open up new personal and professional prospects.
You can find an overview of the adult education centers that offer school-leaving certificate courses on the homepage of the adult education centers.

The further education institutions in Rhineland-Palatinate offer a wide range of educational opportunities. The Rhineland-Palatinate continuing education portal bundles these offers and aims to make it easier for citizens to find suitable continuing education. In addition, the portal offers a comprehensive glossary of education as well as information on planning and financing further education.

You can find information on the continuing education program and continuing education providers on the Rhineland-Palatinate continuing education portal.