In areas without access to formal education for children and adults, non-formal education is implemented in rural areas to balance social and economic growth between rural and urban areas. 

 Rural Educational Development

When non-formal education is added to formal curriculums through school trips and time outside of the classroom based on the needs of the community. In this context, non-formal education acts to reinforce the lessons in formal education.

Integrated Education

The idea that education should be encouraged and available throughout a person's life even if formal instutitonals are unavailable.

Life-Long Education

An approach to a non-formal curriculum that focuses on solving problems relevant to the learners instead of a standardized curriculum.

Problem-Based Approach

- Rural Educational Development
- Integrated Education
- Life-Long Education
- Problem-Based Approach


Grinnell College

Any structured education that takes place outside of formal education settings and lacks the organization of formal education but still has a set structure. Non-formal education often focuses on disadvantaged groups and is not recognized as an educational setting by all countries.

Non-Formal Education

Draper, J., & Kantavong, P. (2017). A Theoretical Analysis of Non-formal Education as a Social Movement for Change in Thailand. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 17(2), 294-306.

A Theoretical Analysis of Non-formal Education
as a Social Movement for Change in Thailand (2017)

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Despite its limited acceptance, most countries have yet to validate the existence of non-formal education due to:

- Contested definitions of non-formal and informal education
- Vague boundary between informal and formal education

Controversy of Non-Formal Education

- Functional literacy programs
- Fitness programs
- Adult education
- Professional seminars

Types of Non-Formal Education

- Training Workers
- Educating Youths about the Workforce
- Acting as a Replacement for Formal Education

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