Students look forward to summer because usually it means a break from formal and non-formal education. Formal education refers to education in formal educational institutions, such as preschools, primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions, and other registered training organisations. Non-formal education refers to organised educational activity outside the established formal system that is intended to deliver a defined set of learning objectives to an identifiable group of learners (see October issue, p. 33). Informal education refers to all learning outside the formal and non-formal educational system, and is often associated with life-long learning as it can include reading non-fiction books and scholarly articles, viewing documentaries and other informal professional development.
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