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People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they
People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they
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People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they will be expected to work for longer before retirement, the Government has suggested.
Older workers who take courses to keep their skills up to date will be more likely to keep their jobs, claims David Willetts, the higher education minister. Mr. Willetts said the age limit on student loans to cover tuition fees had been lifted, making a degree course "great value" for older people. This would help them cope with the pressure they would face to keep up to date as they worked well into their sixties, he suggested.
His comments followed a government report which found that the country’s future economic success would depend on the skills and contributions of older workers.
Campaigners for the elderly voiced doubts that prospective pensioners would be willing to commit to challenging degree courses and increased levels of debt to continue working. One in four people will be older than 65 by 2033 and economists have warned that the aging population will place an unsustainable burden on taxpayers unless more people work for longer. The state pension age is to rise to 67 by 2028. Ministers have warned that they have no idea when younger workers in their thirties will be able to retire.
Mr. Willetts, urged workers older than 60 to give further education serious consideration. "There is certainly a pressure for continuing to get retrained and upskilled," he said. "Higher education has an economic benefit in that if you stay up to date with knowledge and skills you are more employable. " "Education is such a good thing that it is not reserved for younger people," he said. "There will be people of all ages who will want to study. There is great value in lifelong learning. "
Under previous rules, students in England were eligible (符合条件的) for a loan to cover tuition fees only if they were younger than 54. Latest figures showed that only 1,940 undergraduates starting courses last year were older than 60, out of a total of 552,240 students in Britain. Some 6,455 were aged between 50 and 60, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. [br] What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
选项
A、People older than 54 now can’t apply for student loans to cover their tuition fees.
B、Older people who are willing to get retrained now are becoming fewer and fewer.
C、The older people become, the fewer of them will receive higher education.
D、Undergraduates older than 50 account for more than 7% of students in Britain.
答案
C
解析
推理判断题。此题可用排除法,定位段第一句说明,按照以前的规定,54岁以下的学生才能申请助学贷款,由上文得知,现在年龄限制已取消,故排除A。第二句表明60岁以上的大学生占学生总数的比率低,但并未指出数量越来越少,故排除B。本段阐明去年的本科新生中,60岁以上的有1,940人,50岁到60岁之间的有6,455人,通过计算可知,两者占学生总数不到2%,故排除D。由于50岁到60岁之间的大学本科新生有6,455人,而60岁以上的只有1,940人,因此可以判断,老年人年龄越大,他们之中会接受高等教育的人就越少,故正确答案为C。
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