rethinking education

Date: in 12 pts

COMENIUS, ICT, Languages, ROMA

Kick-off meeting 2013

Ana Carla Pereira

Head of Unit, Skills and Qualifications, DG EAC

4 February 2013

1. Rethinking Education 2. Eramus for All

= Rethinking Education =

What qualifications will Europe need by 2020?

Rates of Early School Leaving (ESL) must improve significantly to reach the 2020 target

Source: Eurostat (LFS 2011)

EU 2020 target = 40%

Source: Eurostat (LFS 2011)

Tertiary attainment targets can be reached, but will require a sustained effort

Basic skills levels are still lacking in many countries

Source: OECD (PISA)

Percentage of low achievers in reading (15 year-olds, %), 2009

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)

% o

f all i

nd

ivid

uals

18

- 64 y

ears

old

Language skills must be improved

First 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

ICT skills levels vary greatly between countries

% of individuals with low, medium and high computer skills (2011)

Source: Eurostat, Information society Statistics, 2011

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

Work-Based Learning is still an exception

Proportion 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

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

There are financial constraints in the sector Evolution of teacher salaries compared with the previous year

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

• 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

= Erasmus for All =

Youth in Action Programme

International

higher education programmes:

Erasmus Mundus, Tempus,

Alfa, Edulink, Bilateral Programmes

Grundtvig

Erasmus

Leonardo

Comenius

Lifelong

Learning

Programme

A single integrated programme Existing programmes

A Streamlined architecture

Erasmus for All

1.

Learning

Mobility

3.

Policy

Support

2.

Co-operation

projects

Specific activities:

• Jean Monnet

• Sport

Key action 1: Learning mobility of individuals Modernising education through chances to learn abroad: ►Students: higher education and vocational training ►Masters students: a new loan guarantee mechanism ►Youth: international volunteering and youth exchanges ►Staff: teachers, trainers, school leaders and youth workers ►International dimension: mobility for EU and non-EU beneficiaries

Key action 3: Support for policy reform Modernising education through policy support: ► Evidence based support for effective education investment ► Development and promotion of EU wide tools to assess and recognise skills ► Peer learning and cross-fertilization between education systems

Key action 2: Co-operation for innovation and good practices Modernising education through cooperation: ► Partnerships between education institutions, youth organisations, training institutions and other actors ► Large-scale coooperation between education and business: ‘Knowledge Alliances’ and ‘Sector Skills Alliances’ ► Connecting students and staff via web platforms ► Helping modernisation of universities in third countries

3 Key actions

63%

25%

4%

3%2% 2% 1%

Key Action 1: Learning mobility of

individuals (63%)

Key Action 2: Cooperation for

innovation and good practices

(25%)

Key Action 3:Support for policy

reform (4%)

Operational grants to National

Agencies (3%)

Administrative expenditure (2%)

Jean Monnet Initiative (2%)

Sport Action (1%)

BUDGET ALLOCATION BY TYPE OF ACTION FOR THE PROGRAMME

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/education/news/rethinking_en.htm