If learning is a social phenomenon, education cannot be limited to schools, colleges and
universities. It becomes a lifelong active learning process that can occur anywhere, any
time, with anyone, no matter how young or old. Learning is not a segregated set of
activities, conducted at specific times of the day, in specific places, and at a specific stage
of life. Instead, it is integrated into the fabric of everyday living. As singer and actress
Eartha Kitt once said ‘I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.’
And understanding education as an active, lifelong, collaborative process is at the heart
of a learning society.

with love

surendra singh virhe