Lifelong learning and education is an activity that lasts a lifetime in order to constantly improve knowledge and skills in a certain area. As far as the teaching job is concerned, lifelong education is considered very important, both formal education and professional development. At the teacher's study, students acquire knowledge that serves as a basis for further education. The first professional training is considered the realization of an internship that every student must go through in order to be able to get a job. Professional development continues even after employment at various forms and sets of professional development such as: round tables, seminars, camps, workshops, lectures and the like. In addition to professional development, a teacher can also advance in their profession and thus become a mentor teacher and a teacher advisor. Similarly, after graduation, students can decide to enroll in a postgraduate course or a doctorate. The aim of the research is to examine the opinion of students in their final years of teacher studies about lifelong education and the opinion of teachers with work experience. The research included 174 respondents, of whom 93 are employed teachers, and 81 are students in their final years of teacher studies. The results showed that both students and teachers are focused on lifelong education and professional development, and that most of the areas in which students and teachers are interested coincide, but there are still differences in interest in some areas.