Activities of Inês Cristina ZUBER related to 2013/2041(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Rethinking education (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Rethinking Education PDF (264 KB) DOC (140 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes
Amendments (13)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that lay-offs of teachers , which have increased in some bailed-out countries, are leading to a decline in teaching standards, school closures, a reduced curriculum and increased rates of academic failure and dropout, and that increased student/teacher ratios as a result of cuts in the sector lead to lower teaching standards in the educational system, the goal of which should be to enable teachers to more closely accompany the educational progress of their pupils;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The process of placing and recruiting teachers is fundamental to maintaining educational systems; calls on Member States to comply with the principle laid down in Council Directive 1999/70/EC on fixed-term work;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas with the worsening economic and financial crisis and the application of austerity measures, especially in those Member States with more fragile economies, budget cuts in education have made access more difficult and undermined teaching standards; whereas the crisis and austerity policies are having a direct adverse impact on young peoples’ prospects for gaining access to and remaining in education and employment;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Owing to the economic and financial crisis, many families are no longer able to meet the cost of higher education, which has led to an increase in school dropout rates at this level; considers that Member States should guarantee the right of all persons to free, universal and high quality education, regardless of their economic situation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to create structures to support and include pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in all educational systems; emphasises that the referral of SEN pupils should be carried out with the participation of parents, special education teachers, their grade teacher or a member of the grade council, and the health or social services;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 (new)
1. Rejects any tendency towards the commodification of knowledge, education and research and expresses its concern at the emphasis placed on this in EU policies; refuses to continue making education policies dependent on the private capital of companies which link investment in research to their own profit- making interests; refuses to subject education to the whims of the free market, thereby seeking to justify handing over control of knowledge, education and research to the private sector (in the form of the Bologna process);
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that, because of the economic and financial crisis, many families can no longer afford to pay for higher education, a fact which has led to an increase in drop-out rates at this level; considers that Member States should uphold the right of all persons, whatever their economic circumstances, to free and universal education of high quality;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that more and more teachers have been losing their jobs in some countries being ‘bailed out’ by the Troika and, as a result, teaching standards are declining, schools are being closed, curricula are being pared down, and academic failure and school drop-out rates are rising; notes that the higher student-teacher ratios resulting from the cuts are translating into lower teaching standards in the education system, the goal of which should be to enable teachers to follow the school careers of their pupils more closely;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to facilitate transition between the different educational and training pathways, assist transition between education, professional training and employment, provide quality traineeships with rights, work-based learning, apprenticeships and dual learning models and recognize competences based on non-formal and informal learning;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that professional traineeships should be of high quality and with rights attached and cannot be created as a substitute for permanent jobs;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the importance of supporting young people, especially those not in education, employment or training (NEETs), by promoting traineeships and apprenticeships, dual learning and work- based learning; consiCalls on the Member States to provide in their education policies for extracurricular placements to help students acquire experience in their chosen field, thereby enabling them to consolidate their knowledge and forge links with the workplace; maintains that Member States should regulate work placements in the proper manner, encompassing them unders these as valuable steps in the transition from education to professional life heading of student training, and that unpaid placements should be prohibited; stresses that placements of this kind must on no account serve as substitutes for jobs;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers the payment of tuition fees to be counter-productive and opposes any increases in such fees, particularly in public higher education, as proposed or already introduced by several Member States; urges the Member States to ensure that no student is excluded from entering or remaining in any level of education for economic reasons linked to their social or family circumstances;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Urges the Member States to consider whether they might abolish enrolment and tuition fees, whose effects, aggravated by the current economic and social crisis, constitute yet another barrier to access to, and continued study in, state higher education; urges the Member States to increase their education budgets, especially where student grants and social support are concerned, so as to ensure that students will not be forced to take a job or get into debt while they are still studying;