Australia's ageing population heightens the need for new ways to keep growing the workforce skills of older workers.
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Growth 56: Lifelong Learning
Growth 56: Lifelong Learning
Posted : Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Report highlights
People over the age of 45 will make up a much greater proportion
of Australia's workforce in the next 30 years. At this stage, they
do not have the skills and knowledge they need to continue being
productive, and institutions and systems are not yet geared to give
them the learning they need and want.
Economic and social benefits will flow from building a lifelong
learning culture within Australia's workplaces and education
institutions. Preparing Australians better for lifelong learning
-such as raising secondary school completion from 80 per cent to 90
per cent - can add 1.1 per cent a year to GDP by 2040.
By encouraging lifelong learning, Australia has an opportunity
to raise economic performance, incomes and job satisfaction in the
decades ahead. Governments, educators, firms and individuals all
need to change their approaches if we are to grasp this
opportunity.
About the report
The report was launched by the Victorian Education Minister,
Lynne Kosky, at CEDA's Lifelong Learning conference in Melbourne.
Conference speakers included Manpower managing director Varina
Nissen, Swinburne University's Professor Louise Rolland and ANZ
Bank CEO John McFarlane.
CEDA's partners on the lifelong learning project were ACER,
ANTA, ANZ, Dusseldorp Skills Forum, Manpower Australia and New
Zealand, Peter Noonan Consulting, RMIT University, the Securities
Institute of Australia, Swinburne University, the University of
Sydney and Cambridge University.
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