Refers to intentionally organized learning events catering essentially to persons not currently participating in formal education, which do not fulfill one or more of the underlined conditions shown for formal education.

any organized educational activity outside the established formal system, that is intended for specific objectives and to serve identifiable clientele.

out-of-school learning that is planned and agreed upon by both facilitator and participants and is learner-centered and experienced-based. Learners are encouraged to explore their own reality on the basis of personal experience and voice their own ideas as they work to solve their own problems. It is also known as popular education.

(NFE) Organised education and training outside the formal education system. Compare Informal education.

education that takes place outside the formal education system on either a regular or an intermittent basis.