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REPORT on key competences for a changing world: implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work programme PDF (204 KB) DOC (97 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas quality education and training are a must for the new EU 2020 strategy to develop the knowledge-based economy and to strengthen itsin terms of personal fulfilment of the individual, equality, fighting social exclusion and poverty, and active citizenship and social dimencohesion,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas more than 80% of primary school teachers and 97% of pre-school teachers in the Union are women, while in the secondary education the equivalent figure is only 60%, and in higher education and research less than 40%; whereas the feminisation of a profession must not lead to its becoming devalued,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the challenges faced by the teaching professioneachers are increasing as educational environments become more complex and heterogeneous: changes in information and communication technologies (ICT), changes to social and family structures, increased immigration and the emergence ofand multicultural societiesism,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned at the rise in the number of young people who are not fully literate at the age of 15 (21.3% in 2000, 24.1% in 2006);
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission to continue the debate on ‘New Skills for New Jobs’; points out that by 2020, 16 million more jobs will need high qualifications and four million more jobs will need medium qualifications, while 12 million fewer jobs will require low qualifications; calls for this debate to involve all interested parties, including teachers, students, business people and workers from all sectorcivil society stakeholders, particularly parents’ and students’ associations, and representatives of business;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. stresses the importance of a non- gender-based education from the youngest possible age;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it essential to set up digital and media literacy and to provide an introduction to new technologies at all levels in education and training;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of providing education in art, culture and sport in education and training and the need to give ithem particular consideration not only throughout pre-primary, primary and secondary education but through the whole life cycle;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that mobility will not become a reStresses the importance of multilingualitysm for people without a second languagemobility: for this reason calls on the Member States to introduce the learning of a second language at thisan early stage;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that it is essential to put in place educational support measures for children of immigrants in order to facilitate their adjustment to the educational and social environment of the host country;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Supports the idea of an educational approach that allows more regular consultation of, and greater participation by, students in the management of the educational process, active participation by students’ parents in the educational community and the development of a confidence-based relationship between students and teachers, serving to stimulate the spirit of initiative and the acquisition of social and civic skills that are essential to active citizenship;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports the idea that children acquire ICT skills at an early age under proper supervision; considers it essential to make children aware of the issues of protection of privacy and personal data and compliance with the rules of copyright;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for an encompassing strategy for key competence acquisition from school curriculum adaptation to support of the professional development of teachers and trainersdevelopment and continuing training of teachers and all members of the educational community;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for enhanced mobility between higher education institutions, the business worldeconomic and social sector and vocational education and training (e.g. students, teachers, employees, trainers) to promote the acquisition of competences such as entrepreneurship and creativity, which are increasingly needed onin order to give more prominence to entrepreneurship in all its forms and to creativity, and to promote the acquisition of the skills that are needed for the development of the labour market;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of providing all young people with a solid grounding in the basic skills that are essential to promoting lifelong mobility and enabling them to deal with developments in the employment market and the emergence of new economic and social needs;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is surprised that the Commission communication notes the development of competition between establishments, including in the context of public funding, without drawing any conclusions, and therefore wishes to call on the Member States to be vigilant in this area;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Is surprised that the only possibility for new funding is recourse to university- business partnerships, and recalls the importance of public funding for universities;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to encourage partnershipsdialogue and cooperation (at international, national, regional and local level) between higher education institutions and othe business worldr stakeholders in society;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the need to think about the measures to be implemented in order to meet the target of at least 40% of people between 30 and 34 going to university, bearing in mind inter alia the wide variety of situations in the Member States as regards this objective;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recommends to educational and training establishments that they seek to publicise more widely their programmes that are open to adults and to simplify the administrative procedures for gaining access to these programmes;