Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, according to a new study on population published recently.
The current approach which (1) on younger people and on skills for employment is not (2) to meet the challenges of demographic (人口结构的) change, it says. Only 1% of the education budget is (3) spent on the oldest third of the population.
The (4) include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in (5) , that there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and that 11.3 million people are (6) state pension age.
" (7) needs to continue throughout life. Our historic concentration of policy attention and resources (8) young people cannot meet the new (9) ," says the report’s author, Professor Stephen McNair.
The major (10) of our education budget is spent on peopl
A. enjoyment
B. retirement
C. stability
D. inability
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