Academics Call for Improved Elderly Education
Academics in Taiwan are calling on the government to establish an elderly education agency to support the country's growing number of senior citizens and help them become more independent.
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00:00Educators are calling for more resources to help older people in Taiwan go back to school.
00:06It comes as the number of middle-aged and elderly people in the country exceeds the
00:10number of children aged 5 to 18.
00:13Taiwan is set to become a super-aged society by 2025, with one in five people over the
00:19age of 65.
00:21Academics say establishing an elderly learning agency would help support people's independence
00:26in old age.
00:27The elders don't need to learn, they just don't know what to learn, they don't need to be
00:34taught, they just don't know how to teach.