10 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2011/2088(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the seriousness of the problem and the fact that, in addition to current demographic changes, European countries cannot afford the enormous waste of talents and the high economic and social costs of early school leaving;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that a reduction to 10% would have an effect in reducing youth unemployment, in breaking the cycle of deprivation, social exclusion and poverty 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; underlines, therefore, the high individual, social and economic costs that early school leaving creates;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the Commission should present to the committee in a year’s time a survey, assessment and evaluation of national reform programmes, as well as the results of monitoring the developments at different education levels across Member States;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity, a European framework for comprehensive strategies to tackle early school leaving could provide a useful guide to Member States, towards the correct direction of upgrading existing policies and developing their National Reform Programmes;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the problem of early school leaving varies from country to country and also within regions; therefore, there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution to it;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Urges the Commission to encourage the cooperation between Member States and to support their strategies through the exchange of experience, expertise and good practices;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to carry out an in-depth analysis of the problem of early school leaving, while taking due account of data protection, to identify the root causes at national, regional and local level, and to develop appropriate packages of measures for prevention, intervention and compensation;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that comprehensive strategies to combat school leaving should comprise a mix of policies, coordination among different policy sectors and integration of measures into all policies concerning young people and children;
Amendment 49 #
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 that teaching staff should be qualified for this purpose; believes that teachers, other educational staff and all relevant stakeholders should be actively involved in the planning, organizing, performing and evaluating of strategies to help people who are at risk of early school leaving or those who have already dropped out;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Advocates the targeted deployment of the European structural funds for the full implementation of EU youth strategies, research and life-long learning programmes for early school leavers.;