Lifelong learning for senior citizens in India: needs and possibilities

Abstract

Lifelong learning has been widely regarded as one of the most useful activities which benefit the senior citizens in term of their psychological, mental, physical and cognitive well-being.  Lifelong learning is needed for senior citizens, to deal with the practical life skills and adjustments to changing living situations. Lifelong learning has been seen as a vital tool: to involve education, businessman, public organization, youths in educational work with senior citizens; to create system of work with the senior citizens studying their needs; and to develop and implement the innovative projects for the learning of senior citizens. Extending these arguments, present paper details about the lifelong learning needs of senior citizens and delves about the possibilities to meet lifelong learning needs of senior citizens in India.