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People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they will be expected to work for longer before retirement, t
People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they will be expected to work for longer before retirement, t
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2015-07-31
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People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they will be expected to work for longer before retirement, the Government has suggested.
Older workers who take courses to keep their skills up to date will be more likely to keep their jobs, claims David Willetts, the higher education minister. Mr. Willetts said the age limit on student loans to cover tuition fees had been lifted, making a degree course "great value" for older people. This would help them cope with the pressure they would face to keep up to date as they worked well into their sixties, he suggested.
His comments followed a government report which found that the country’s future economic success would depend on the skills and contributions of older workers.
Campaigners for the elderly voiced doubts that prospective pensioners would be willing to commit to challenging degree courses and increased levels of debt to continue working. One in four people will be older than 65 by 2033 and economists have warned that the ageing population will place an unsustainable burden on taxpayers unless more people work for longer. The state pension age is to rise to 67 by 2028. Ministers have warned that they have no idea when younger workers in their thirties will be able to retire.
Mr. Willetts, urged workers older than 60 to give further education serious consideration. "There is certainly a pressure for continuing to get retrained and upskilled," he said. "Higher education has an economic benefit in that if you stay up to date with knowledge and skills you are more employable." "Education is such a good thing it is not reserved for younger people," he said. "There will be people of all ages who will want to study. There is great value in lifelong learning."
Under previous rules, students in England were eligible(符合条件的)for a loan to cover tuition fees only if they were younger than 54. Latest figures showed that only 1 940 undergraduates starting courses last year were older than 60, out of a total of 552 240 students in Britain. Some 6 455 were aged between 50 and 60, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
According to Mr. Willetts, what is the advantage of higher education?
选项
A、It allows people at various ages to get good education paying no tuition fees.
B、Younger people have more chances to achieve a higher degree than the old.
C、Older workers can take the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of learning.
D、Up-to-date knowledge and skills can increase people’s probability of being hired.
答案
D
解析
推理判断题。由定位段可知,Willetts先生希望60岁以上的工作者接受继续教育,原因是虽然继续接受培训和提高职业技能有些压力,但是如果工作者能够在知识和技能方面与时俱进,那么他们会更容易胜任工作。这也是高等教育所能创造的经济效益。Willetts先生还认为教育不是年轻人独享的,终生教育会使所有人受益。由此可以推断,高等教育通过为学习者提供适时的教育内容让他们有更多的就业机会,故正确答案为D)。
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