17 Amendments of Ilhan KYUCHYUK related to 2015/2088(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States to implement urgent structural reforms of vocationalin all levels of education and training (VET), including apprenticeships and internships that includeo match the education and training with the skills needed for the successful entry into the working life; highlights that a strong work-based learning component, in order to facilitates school-to- work transitions;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to introduce or to further develop dual VET systems in order to facilitate the acquisition of core employability and job-specific skills, while ensuring quality control by public institutions over education, its general content, implementation and certification procedure;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the importance of mentoring programmes that link students with professionals or young workers, give students access to networks and a clear understanding of the work process;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of addressing skills shortages and mismatches by facilitating the mobility of learners in VET, through a better use of tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, the European Skills Passport, the Youth Guarantee and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to encourage a cross-sectoral approach between different areas within educational institutions, such as joint programmes between arts, science, ICT, engineering, business and other relevant fields;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights the importance of internships as part of secondary and higher education curricula for the acquisition of work experience and transversal skills;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the involvement of young people in voluntary activities within youth organisations and grassroots sport as a method of non-formal and informal learning to help young people acquire skills and transversal competences that complement formal education and enhance their employability;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the importance of building students' capacity to learn and the need to provide them with effective learning strategies; stresses that learning to learn will facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes and aptitudes which enable individuals to set, plan and reach their own learning goals and become autonomous learners able to cope with the intensive labour market changes;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights that developing networking skills is highly important for all youth, but particularly for those with limited work experience and those coming from underrepresented and disadvantaged groups; stresses that teaching networking can be a strategy for facilitating employment, career development and exploration;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the importance of a holistic approach to skills; stresses the need to provide multiple pathways within the education system and flexible educational approaches that can be customised and adjusted to individuals' needs; calls for developing work-based learning programmes across all types of education and training, as well as practical curricula, flexible schedules, and less formal instruction methods;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the need for broad-based education and training that provide basic and portable high-level skills, entrepreneurial skills, problem solving, information and communications technology (ICT) and language skills which enable individuals to constantly acquire and apply new knowledge and facilitate their adaptation to the changes in the world of work;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to urgently incorporate new technologies in the learning process and to intensify ICT training at all levels of education;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that literacy in ICT should become an integral part of the educational process, being integrated into the curriculum at all levels of studies; emphasises that equipping youth with ICT skills benefits both their work life and their private life, by providing them with the technical skills, confidence, and flexibility they need to adapt over the course of their lifetime;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the essential role of competent and supportive teachers and trainers in reducing early school leaving and improving the employability of young people; stresses that teachers need to be bettere need for more efficient and up to date training for teachers in new skills, such as entrepreneurial and ICT skills to be supported by schools, training institutions, local communities, and educational policies, e.g. through easier access to training opportunities and improved systems of continuous VET.;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that humanities and general humanistic knowledge are indispensable in making effective use of the opportunities presented by STEM disciplines and thus should receive effective support within their institutions and play an explicit role in developing institutional curricula;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates the importance of promoting gender equality through education in order to empower more girls/women to take a more active part in the economy; underlines that increasing educational attainment rates amongst women will contribute to greater employment rates, better earnings and better career progression;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that playing sports provides participants with opportunities to develop a wide range of skills such as team- building, communication skills, cooperation and effective time management that may raise their level of employability; highlights that these skills help young people to develop confidence and make quick decisions necessary to succeed as leaders and to achieve their goals.