Education: Summer is a good time for informal education
Abstract
Students look forward to summer because usually it means a break from formal and non-formal education. Formal education refers to education in formal educational institutions, such as preschools, primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions, and other registered training organisations. Nonformal education refers to organised educational activity outside the established formal system that is intended to deliver a defined set of learning objectives to an identifiable group of learners (see October issue, p. 33). Informal education refers to all learning outside the formal and non-formal educational system, and is often associated with life-long learning as it can include reading non-fiction books and scholarly articles, viewing documentaries and other informal professional development.