Up to 5,000 residents
5-10,000 residents
10-20,000 residents 20-100,000 residents over 100,000 residents
3
16
8
3
Male
Female
10
PARTICIPANTS PROFILE
60-70 years
19
70-80 years
20
Over 80 years
4
3
ANSWERS REGISTRATION
1 currently enrolled in an education or training
program
Yes, I am attending classes
locally
No
29
2 Do you anticipate looking for an education or
training program in the future for yourself
No
1
3 If you were provided with educational support
material for example books, computers etc. would
you consider accessing education courses
Yes
7
Acquiring new skills
6
High need
13
Moderate need
4
No need
Don’t know
2
2
8
1
3
13
12
2
3
7
13
2
12
10
1
4
4
7
Moderate importance
Yes, a Desktop
Yes, a Laptop
Yes
Low importance
No importance
Yes, a
Tablet/smartphon
e
No
8
8
10
No
20
9 What do you consider the barriers are for people
over the age of 60 accessing education and training Personal Mobility Issues
10
Equipment e.g. no computer
11
1
2
Don’t know
12
6
10 Please number in sequence your educational
needs: (1 most important)
Knowledge and technical skills (e.g. computer skills;
using technology)
Health (coping with health problems, obtain
information)
Recreation and Entertainment (developing new
interests, but also existing)
Topics related to "life" (dealing with financial affairs
of succession, legal)
Low need
1
8
6
8
9
3
8
17
8 Do you have access to the Internet at home
Other
11
11
6
3
17
10
12
6 How important is it that more education/ training
programs are available in your own town
High importance
7 Do you have access to a computer at home
Interaction with
other people
Want a better quality of life
10
Health and Wellbeing, sport, diet and health food
Interpersonal Skills (Emotional Intelligence)
8
No
23
5 What types of training or courses do you think you
want?
Cross cultural and diversity training
Communication and teamwork skills
Entrepreneurial skills
Computer and technology skills
Environmental awareness
Foreign language training
Yes, within the
next 3 to 5 years
Yes, within the next 12 months
16
4 What is your main reason for looking for an
education or training programme for yourself
Yes, I am taking an
online program
Other
Lack of information
Financial e.g. cost of about education
courses
opportunities
3
7
15
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
10
15
9
6
6
15
5
4
6
3
11
10