Learning After 60; Empowering Elderly Rights To Education

Malaysia should focus on the elderly agenda before facing the status of an aging nation by 2030. Thus, there is a need to re-imagine the future of quality aging in Malaysia to provide proper avenues for older persons to lead a quality life. One of the ways in ensuring quality aging amongst the elderly is through education or learning at a later stage. Nevertheless, learning has not been the priority agenda for the senior citizens in Malaysia. This study, therefore, focuses to analyse the education rights and lifelong learning policy for senior citizens. This study is conducted using qualitative legal study, through document analysis. The outcome of this study shall assist the authority, government agencies, community, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in making education and learning the main agenda in ensuring active aging amongst the elderly in Malaysia. Studies on how to facilitate Malaysian elderly in exercising their rights to education are recommended to be explored in the future.