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Individual needs are complex and diverse so a voluntary flexible and progressive learning pathway is required for individuals within and between education, training and work.
This learning pathway should promote new learning opportunities offering access to flexible accreditation, qualifications, personal and social support.

Initial Contact:

Community Education attracts people who wish to learn and progress but lack the self-confidence, learning skills and basic skills in areas such as literacy and numeracy.  This extends to those who may find it difficult to seek out the service they need.
By building confidence in learning across a wide range of contexts, methods, subjects and topics, learning is seen as a natural activity to enjoy.  
In this way, pre-certification courses act as incentives for participation and further progression in education and training.

Goal Setting:

Community Education facilitates people who can identify the educational direction they require, but may need personal, educational and vocational guidance to facilitate progression toward their goal.
Education and training courses at this stage operate within a broad time frame with a series of achievable and definite goals, leading to certification on a modular basis, for example FETAC type progression.

Structured Learning:

Community Education guides people who are capable of participating in structured group-based learning programmes and to identify the service they require.
They are clearly focused on their goals and posses the skills, commitment and confidence to achieve qualifications within a specific time frame, such as in further education and onwards to third level opportunities and/or employment.