5 Amendments of Luigi BERLINGUER related to 2010/2013(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having regard to the priority need to improve the quality of education and training for all students in order to attain better results and competences, initially through new and more incisive policies to increase educational supply,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas despite some improvement in education and training performance in the European Union the majority of the EU benchmarks set out for 2010 will not be reached, whereas in particular skills levels remain inadequate and whereas one third of the population of Europe have very low-level educational qualifications,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the benefits of educational investment are seen only in the long-term perspective and are often set aside in the policy agenda; whereas we should call for EU guidance on the quality of education and training systems, and budgetary restraint should not occur in this area; whereas the EU therefore needs to equip itself with budgetary mechanisms not tied to annual programming in the field of education and training,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that despite progress in recent years many European citizens are still not yet sufficiently skilled; points out that one in seven young people (18-24) leave school early (6 million drop-outs in EU 27), that one in four 15-year-olds have poor reading skills, and that around 77 million people (nearly one third of Europe’s population aged 25-64) have no, or low, formal qualifications and only one quarter have high-level qualifications; stresses that very low skills levels are a persistent problem throughout the EU;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it vital to introduce policies seeking to improve the quality of education and training for all students and stresses that, in order for European educational systems to meet the challenge of global competitiveness, it is necessary to increase the educational opportunities available, which must be of a higher level and broader scope in order to meet the pressing demands of professional sectors and the labour market;