Rethinking the ‘Mainstream’: Liberating Education for Livelihoods
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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