More than 400,000 Elders in FuJian Province Attend College for the Elders




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More than 400,000 Elders in FuJian Province Attend College for the Elders

May 27, 2004

FuJian Province - YongLin did not drive to work. However he drives to school after his retirement. YongLin worked for Xi'Men Air Company and got his driver's license. After his retirement, he bought a car. Now driving to the College for the Elders with his wife has been an indispensable part of his life. In FuJian Province, there are few elders who have their own cars. But there are many elders who are going to College for the Elders.

不服廉頗老矣福建40萬老人上"老年大學"學習

記者蔡清輝﹑巫奕龍
新華網，2004年５月２７日

福州 - 泳林工作時沒有開車上班﹐退休後卻開車上學。這位廈門航空公司退休職工臨退休前特地考取了駕照﹐一退休就買了輛家庭轎車。如今﹐駕著私家車和老伴一起到廈門老年大學學習已成為他晚年生活不可或缺的一部分。

在福建﹐像楊泳林這樣擁有私家車的老人還不算太多﹐但像他一樣上老年大學安享晚年的老人卻為數不少。家住福建省委黨校的姚秀英老人已在福建老年大學學了近２０個年頭。文化程度不高的她從書法﹑詩詞﹑國畫的普通班念起﹐經過提高班﹑研究班學習﹐現已加入了專業學會﹐不但能吟詩作畫﹑揮毫題字﹐還對所學專業有一定的研究﹐晚年生活過得十分充實。

近年來﹐福建老年教育發展規模和速度一直居全國前列。據福建老年大學的最新統計﹐目前全省已辦起各級各類老年大學﹑學校５２００多所﹐學員４０﹒６萬人﹐佔老年人總數的９﹒８％﹐學校數和學員數均比５年前增長２倍以上﹔全省所有的縣市區﹑８８％的鄉鎮和２７％的村有了老年學校﹐形成了較為完善的省﹑市﹑縣﹑鄉﹑村五級老年教育體系。廈門老年大學現開設文史﹑保健﹑藝術﹑體育等６大類４０多門課程﹐擁有９０多個教學班﹑３０００多名學員﹐越來越多的求學老人令教學場所人滿為患。

權威人士稱﹐老年大學不僅是老人充實精神生活的場所﹐更是老人重新定位人生﹑完善自我的重要媒介。不少老人通過上老年大學實現了年輕時的夢想﹐成了國畫﹑攝影﹑書法等領域的名家。