Capturing the latest evidence on the evolution of Europe's education and training systems
Education and Training Monitor 2015 ResearchPolicy
1.Educational poverty and spending cuts: challenges for the education sector 2.Education attainment levels of young people across Europe 3.Policy levers for inclusiveness, quality and relevance
"Among the societal challenges that Europe faces, the greatest one lies in reducing educational poverty."
Failing to reach a minimum threshold
Underachievement in maths: 22.1% on average across the EU 2020 target: below 15%
Bottom socio-economic quarter Country average Top socio-economic quarter
Underachievement in the bottom socio-economic quarter: 36.6%
Below 15% in not a single Member State
Amongst more than half of the 15 year- olds in BG, CY, RO, EL, SK and HU
Early childhood education and care
Educational poverty is high, and spread disproportionately across our societies Despite the need for public education investment, we see consecutive spending cuts in a number of Member States
Strengthening the evidence-base Mutual learning through evidence-based policy coordination Concrete policy levers to improve inclusiveness, quality and relevance
Male early school leaving rates are at least twice as high as those of women in CY, LV, LU, SI, PL and EE.
Those born abroad are on average twice as likely to leave the education and training system early when compared to native- born individuals.
10.3% average
Highest level of education attained (30-34 year-olds)
Tertiary graduates
Upper secondary qualifications
One in four employed tertiary has a job traditionally qualification require a graduates that would not tertiary
Overqualification amongst higher education graduates
Share of HEIs offering MOOCs
Adult participation in learning
inclusiveness quality relevance
quality relevance inclusiveness
quality relevance
inclusiveness quality relevance
inclusiveness quality relevance
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