Non-formal education includes adult basic education, adult literacy education or school equivalency preparation. In nonformal education, someone (who is not in school) can learn literacy, other basic skills or job skills. Home education, individualized instruction (such as programmed learning), distance learning and computer-assisted instruction are other possibilities.

Non-formal education is imparted consciously and deliberately and systematically implemented. It should be organized for a homogeneous group. Non-formal, education should be programmed to serve the needs of the identified group. This will necessitate flexibility in the design of the curriculum and the scheme of evaluation.

• The nonformal education is planned and takes place apart from the school system.
• The timetable and syllabus can be adjustable.
• Unlike theoretical formal education, it is practical and vocational education.
• Nonformal education has age limit 06-14 years in Characteristics of Non-Formal Education.
• Fees or certificates may or may not be necessary.

• Practiced and vocational training.
• Naturally growing minds that do not wait for the system to amend.
• Literacy with skill fulness growth in which self-learning is appreciated.
• Flexibility in age, curriculum and time.
• Open-ended educational system in which both the public and private sector are involved in the process.
• No need to conduct regular exams.
• Diploma, certificates, and award are not essential to be awarded.

Remedial education (RE) is basic catch-up education. It is provided to students who have fallen below minimum standards. Remedial learning usually focuses on basic literacy and numeracy skills to reach standardized benchmarks for typical students of a certain age.

• To ensure Basic Human Right are guaranteed.
• Improving Literacy and Numeric Skills.
• Avoiding Grade Repetition.
• For Credit at University.
• Avoiding Drop-Out

• Provides Basic Skill Training
• Provides reinforcement for Struggling Students
• Provides Small Group and One-To-One Support

• To ensure Basic Human Right are guaranteed.
• Improving Literacy and Numeric Skills.
• Avoiding Grade Repetition.
• For Credit at University.
• Avoiding Drop-Out

• Small Group Tutoring: Remedial courses often send ‘remedial students’ off into small groups to support students who are falling behind. Often, schools bring in specialists who peel off students into small groups to focus on specific interventions. Similarly, a common teaching strategy is to allow higher achieving students to work in groups alone. This gives time for the teacher to spend focused time with a small group of students who need additional support.
• One-To-One Tutoring: One-to-one tutoring has either a trained specialist, the classroom teacher, or a volunteer spend individual time with a student. While it is an effective way of supporting students, it is resource intensive. It is often hard to find enough time and staff to have one-to-one interventions while also supporting the rest of the class. Some parents opt for paid private one-to-one tutoring to address this shortfall.
• Private Tutoring: Private tutoring is one of the most popular formats for remedial support. Parents who have the funds to send their children to after-school tutoring may use this as an option to help ensure their students keep up with their peers.
• Specialist Tutoring: Trained specialists, such as in the reading recovery program, can provide research-based systematic programs of support to help students reach benchmarks. Often, schools employ trained specialists to come into classrooms and take one-to-one or small-group sessions with students in need.
• Volunteer Tutoring: Schools often rely on volunteer tutors to help provide additional support to remedial students. This may take the form of ‘parent helpers’ who come into the classroom to help the teacher and get to know the class better. A challenge of volunteer tutoring is providing sufficient training and support for the volunteers so they can effectively help students.
• Peer Tutoring: Peer tutoring involves one student helping another student on their work. This may take the form of older students coming into the classroom to help younger students. Or, it may be getting more advanced students in the same class to pair up with less advanced students to help them learn.