12 Amendments of Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER related to 2011/2088(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. StresseRegrets that the percentage of early school leavers in the EU currently stands at 14.4% and that 17.4% of these have only completed primary school;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that a reduction to 10% of early school leavers in the EU, one of the headline targets of the EU 2020 Strategy, would have an effect in reducing youth unemployment and in improving the employment rate, since currently 52% of school leavers are unemployed; considers that reducing the early school leaving rate by only 1% could boost the number of qualified potential employees by 500 000;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the long-term economic and social effects of early school leaving, leading to a lack of skilled labour force throughout the European economy, an increased risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls, therefore, on the Member States to draw up policies as quickly as possible with a view to establishing new jobs based on new skills;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the Commission should present to the committeeParliament in a year’s time a survey, assessment and evaluation of national reform programmes, specifying the means established to tackle unemployment, for example apprenticeship, work-study programmes, professional mentoring, etc, and including employment projections by sector and skill level;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the challenge of early school leaving is different within and between the Member States, with large differences in early school leaving rates between the Member States; Urges the Member States to carry out an analysis of the problem of early school leaving, while taking due account of data protection, and to develop appropriate packages of measures for prevention, intervention and compensation;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates flexible, needs-based forms of learning at schools and stresses that this challenge must be addressed in particular by primary schools and in the early years of secondary schooling; takes the view and that teaching staff should therefore be qualified for this purpose;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that early school leavers should be approached by the competent employment authority as quickly as possible after dropping out of school to provide them with the necessary information about their options; notes the importance of giving them a perspective through individual support and to prevent a life of long-term unemployment and social exclusion;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Proposes, in the context of the 2012 EU budget, that a pilot project aimed atbe set up for the purpose of integrating early school leavers successfully into the labour market;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages Member States to reduce early school leaving by exchange of experience and good practice on the national and European level;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Advocates the targeted deployment of the Structural Funds for early school leavers., in particular the European Social Fund (ESF), for early school leavers to promote their social inclusion under specific programmes in each Member State;