Public Education Centers in Turkey

The concept of adult education expressed in concepts complementing each other, such as public education, non-formal education and continuous education confronts us as a discipline area, which makes its necessity and importance perceive better and denser. Although this process has been shaped faster in the world, the concept does no longer evoke the sew-seam courses for Turkey. Within the framework of rapid integration of the nations with lifelong learning, it is tried to ensure that adults update their knowledge and skills continuously. In this context, the variety of learning activities increases, however the whole responsibility of learning is loaded on shoulders of the individual. In our country, Public Education Centers are remarkable as the institutions fulfilling adult education and lifelong learning praxis in the most widespread way. Therefore, in this study, a general assessment of adult education and lifelong learning praxis through Public Education Centers in Turkey is aimed.