Adult learners are those who missed a chance to complete school in formal education. They leave school pre-maturely at primary (elementary) level due to different problems. Some just fail to make it to secondary school, others manage to pass but fail to complete secondary school. With their own interest or a push from someone else, they come to learn and would want to bridge this gap later in their life.
Communication and social skills are also often an issue with his group, and digital/IT skills. Both of these are essential in today's world of work, especially in an environment that is becoming ever more digital. Good communication skills are the basis for everything else, all interactions with other people in and out of the work place.
Defines 21st-century skills as “the ability to collect and retrieve information, organize and manage information, evaluate the quality, relevance and usefulness of information and finally generate accurate information through the use of existing resources”.
Emerging 21st-century content-areas include – but are not limited to – global awareness, environmental literacy, health literacy, visual literacy, information literacy, financial literacy, civic literacy, and entrepreneurship literacy. These areas, in turn, address a set of learning skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, digital and media literacy, creativity, collaboration, and leadership. Other life and career skills proposed include social and cross-cultural skills, productivity and accountability, initiative and self-direction. The list is long, since they may constitute the basic expertise students need to acquire in order to function effectively in today’s world.
The official guidelines identified the key skills and competencies that students need to develop:
The ability to think through critical, creative, and analytical thinking, systems thinking and problem-solving.
The ability to make informed decisions.
Transferring the English language learning to other learning contexts and situations.
Developing communication skills.
Working effectively in groups.
Make connections with the community.
Being aware of their responsibilities and rights as citizens and acting accordingly.
Contributing to the aesthetic and cultural life of their community in any way they can.
I would recommend first to focus for the 3 R’s of secondary education, and add for the specific group typical vocational skills like marketing, business, organisation, bookkeeping and IT skills (MS Word and MS Excel) . Depending on the time you have this would take about 2 to 3 years of part time studies in evening classes
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