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Rethinking Education
Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes
Elin McCallumDG Education & Culture
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What qualifications will Europe need by 2020?
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Rates of Early School Leaving (ESL) must improve significantly to reach the 2020 target
Source: Eurostat (LFS 2011)
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EU 2020 target = 40%
Source: Eurostat (LFS 2011)
Tertiary attainment targets can be reached, but will require a sustained effort
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Basic skills levels are still lacking in many countries
Source: OECD (PISA)
Percentage of low achievers in reading (15 year-olds, %), 2009
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Europe needs to be more entrepreneurial
Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2011 Note: Italian result is from 2010
Percentage of individuals aged 18-64 who believe they have the required knowledge to start a business (2011)
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Language skills must be improvedFirst foreign language: percentage of pupils who have reached the level of
independent user (B1 or higher)
Source: European Commission, 2012. First European Survey on Language Competences
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ICT skills levels vary greatly between countries% of individuals with low, medium and high computer skills (2011)
Source: Eurostat, Information society Statistics, 2011
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Great diversity in Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Distribution of upper secondary (ISCED 3) students by programme orientation (general or vocational). %, 2010
Source: Eurostat Database, UOE data collection, 2010
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Work-Based Learning is still an exceptionProportion of VET students enrolled in combined work- and school-based
VET, as a % of all students in upper secondary VET (2010)
Source: Cedefop, based on data from Eurostat, UOE
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Teachers are an ageing profession in most countries
Age distribution of teachers in lower and upper secondary, 2010
Source: Eurostat, UOE; in Eurydice Key Data on Education, 2012
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There are financial constraints in the sector Evolution of teacher salaries compared with the previous year
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One Commission Communication, with seven accompanying Staff Working Documents:
• Education and Training Monitor• Country analysis• Key Competences• Partnerships and flexible pathways for LL skills
development• Supporting the teaching professions• Language competences for employability, mobility and
growth• Vocational Education and Training for better skills,
growth and jobs
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• Enhanced support to Member States – Monitoring of progress, OMC, ORCD collaboration…
• European area of skills and qualifications• EU-level Alliance for Apprenticeships• Funding Education for Growth• Opening up Education – ICT and OER• A new language benchmark• Entrepreneurship education actions• Partnerships between Education, enterprises and
research, promoted through new programme Erasmus 4 All
New Commission initiatives
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For more information:http://ec.europa.eu/education/news/rethinking_en.htm