Activities of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2011/2088(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on tackling early school leaving PDF (268 KB) DOC (172 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas one of the five Europe 2020 headline targets is to significantly reduce the proportion of early school leavers to less than 10 % and to increase the share of the younger generation with a degree or diploma to at least 40 %,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas ESL is a fundamental contributing factor to social exclusiona lack of social and professional mobility in later life,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Suggests that each secondary school set up as provide counselling services to enable students with personal problems to talk them through in confidence; stresses that staff providing counselling must have adequate training;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that financial pressures on disadvantaged families can force students to leave school early in order to enter the labour market; calls on Member States to consider introducing a system of means- tested financial support for those who need it;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Suggests that other redistributive measures be introduced, such as the provision of free school meals and school books for disadvantaged groups,Member States provide adequate measures to ensure low-income families are not disadvantaged, including financial and non-financial assistance, in order to reduce the impact of social inequality and to minimise ESL;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that mapping the interventions provided in Member States by different sectors of the community can be difficult; stresses the need for better EU-wide coordination between these various services, as well as better coordination with relevant authorities in Member States;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. StressArgues that the principle of ‘learning to learn’ should be at the heis an important part of allthe school curricula; notes that this is vital in engaging more young people in the process of learning;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on Member States to develop a means of reintegrating early school leavers into the school system, such as through ‘second-chance’ schools;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls onArgues that employers should, where posfeasible, to recognise and support the right of young people who do not holdprovide their young workers with a degree of flexibility in order for them to study higher secondary education qualifications to time off work to study and train;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for more funds forthe prioritisation of the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme, which increases pupils' and teachers' mobility, enhances the exchange of best practices and contributes to improving teaching and learning methods;