7 Amendments of Juozas IMBRASAS related to 2011/2088(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Stresses 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; takes the view that early school leaving translates into missed opportunities for young people and a loss of social and economic potential for the EU as a whole;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Notes that a reduction to 10% 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; maintains that improving educational attainment will help to achieve two aims to the extent that higher skill levels will make for ‘smart growth’ and tackling one of the main risk factors involved in unemployment and poverty will pave the way to ‘inclusive growth’, and that drastically reducing the numbers of early school leavers constitutes an investment whose significance extends not only to the prospects of the young people concerned, but also to the future prosperity and social cohesion of the EU in general;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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4. 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; believes that strategies to tackle early school leaving must proceed from analysis of the specific national, regional, and local dimensions of the phenomenon and that data should serve to focus research on the reasons for the exceptionally high drop- out rates among given categories of pupils and in the regions, localities, and schools most affected;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that ESL can have a detrimental effect on access to high-quality lifelong learning; further recalls that people who have left school early are more likely to be unemployed and dependent on social security benefits;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
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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 that teaching staff should be qualified for this purpose; points out that education and vocational training institutions must exchange experiences and tried and tested practice and develop effective means of support for pupils in danger of dropping out;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Proposes, in the context of the 2012 EU budget, a pilot project aimed at integrating early school leavers successfully into the labour market; believes that, for the purposes of tackling early school leaving, greater focus and rigour need to be brought to European Social Fund assistance so as to enhance its cost- effectiveness;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on Member States to take account of the requirements of the labour market and to take steps to raise the status of vocational qualifications so that they are seen as a viable option for students of all abilities;