Education should be dispensed and acquired through a multiplicity of venues - the path an individual takes is less important than what was learned or acquired. The individual's right to and degree of choice in education should be broadened, so that movement horizontally or vertically within the system is possible. Recurrent education, or the ability to enter and exit the educational system without penalty, should be available to certain categories of people and will help to further the concept of lifelong learning. Faure later comments that lifelong learning, in its true sense, means that business, industrial, and agricultural firms will have extensive educational functions. While the education of preschool children is not the focus of this report, it was also included as a subject in this report.
Preschool education is described as a vital area for development.
However, Faure cautions that it should not be done at the expense of school-aged children's education. The recommendation was that preschool education should be the subject of educational strategies in the 1970's. With regard to andragogy, Learning to Be recommends expansion of higher education in number and in diversity. Faure states that the normal culmination of the educational process is adult education, and that allowances must be made for adult education in policies and budgets. The development of adult education through educational strategies is seen as a priority objective.