LIFELONG LEARNING IS CRITICAL FOR HUMAN RACE DEVELOPMENT SOCIALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY IN TODAY'S DIGITAL WORLD

Lifelong learning which is defined as a form of self-initiated education that is focused on personal development also encompasses all learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competences.

With an understanding that daily learning in whatever field of choice keeps your brain very active and healthy and even somewhat what others consider “young” is a propelling factor as to why many people are drawn to the notion or philosophy of lifelong learning even at their older stages in life.

Just to underscore the point, even for an old person like my grandmother who is edge very close to her 90^th birthday, she still has myriads of items or things of interest that she might like to know about. It could be more knowledge in herbs, it could be the use of a new gadget like a phone, it might be historical or social matters but the pint is, at whatever age or stage in life, there is always something important to learn.

Recently, I came across the story also of this old Kenyan woman in her 80’s that decided to go back to school and enroll for primary school, not a very new story because before that, we did have a similar story about Kimani Maruge, who was 84 years when he enrolled for classes.

Lifelong learning is important for an individual's competitiveness and employability, but also enhances social inclusion, active citizenship, and personal development. As the adage goes, knowledge is power, it’s an individual as well as a collective responsibility that we ensure that we keep learning to gain power through intellect and sharpen our skills in various fields.

In day present day internet predispositions create a wealth of opportunities for learning both online and offline. Google for instance has creates myriads of free learning packages that everyone with access to internet can take advantage of.

Other global platforms on the internet include Teachable.com where you can not only learn but also create an online course and share your knowledge by teaching others. Another great platform for professionals and non-professionals to improve their knowledge is atlassianuniversity.com all this major platforms among others one can choose from as well as physical learning spaces such as schools, libraries and other learning institutions to effective start or continue with their lifelong learning mission today.