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Council Recommendation of 28 June 2011 on policies to reduce early school leaving Text with EEA relevanceLegal instrument | Recommendation |
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Original proposal | COM(2011)19 ![]() |
CELEX number i | 32011H0701(01) |
Document | 28-06-2011 |
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Publication in Official Journal | 01-07-2011; OJ C 191 p. 1-6 |
Effect | 28-06-2011; Entry into force Date of document |
1.7.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 191/1 |
COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION
of 28 June 2011
on policies to reduce early school leaving
(Text with EEA relevance)
2011/C 191/01
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 165 and 166 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The term ‘early school leaving’ is used in connection with those who leave education and training with only lower secondary education or less, and who are no longer in education and training. |
(2) |
Reducing early school leaving is essential for achieving a number of key objectives in the Europe 2020 strategy. The reduction of early school leaving addresses both the aims for ‘smart growth’ by improving education and training levels and the aims for ‘inclusive growth’ by addressing one of the major risk factors for unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. The Europe 2020 strategy therefore includes the headline target to reduce early school leaving to less than 10 % by 2020, from 14,4 % in 2009. Member States have undertaken to establish national targets, taking account of their relative starting positions and national circumstances. |
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The guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, contained in Council Decision 2010/707/EU (1), for the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy call on Member States to take all necessary efforts to prevent early school leaving. |
(4) |
The flagship initiative ‘A European platform against poverty and social exclusion’ sets a framework for action to ensure social and territorial cohesion, with a specific focus on breaking the cycle of disadvantage and stepping up preventive action. It addresses the Europe 2020 headline target to lift at least 20 million people out of poverty and social exclusion in the next decade. |
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‘Youth on the move’, a flagship initiative within the Europe 2020 strategy, aims to ‘enhance the performance and international attractiveness of Europe’s higher education institutions and raise the overall quality of all levels of education and training in the EU, combining both excellence and equity, by promoting student mobility and trainees’ mobility, and improve the employment situation of young people’. |
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The Council conclusions of 5-6 May 2003 on reference levels of European average performance in education and training (benchmarks) stated that the share of early school leavers should be below 10 % by 2010, defining early school leavers as persons between 18 and 24 years old with only lower secondary education or less and no longer in education or training. The benchmark was not attained. One in seven young people currently leave education and training before they have completed upper secondary education. |
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The Council Resolution of 15 November 2007 on the new skills for new jobs (2) stressed the need to raise overall skill levels and to give priority to the education and training of those at risk of economic and social exclusion, particularly early school leavers. They underlined the need to provide vocational guidance and personal training plans to job seekers and to develop the validation of learning outcomes acquired through formal, informal and non-formal learning. |
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The Council conclusions of 22 May 2008 on adult learning recognise the role of adult learning in addressing early school leaving by offering a second chance to those who reach adulthood without a qualification, focusing especially on basic skills, IT skills and language learning. |
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In its conclusions of 12 May 2009 on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (‘ET 2020’) the Council agreed... |
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