7 Amendments of Martina MICHELS related to 2019/2212(INI)
Amendment 5 #
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1. Calls for a genuine revision of the EU’s and the Member States’ education, training and skills policies to deliver multilingual education and the right for lifelong learning, addressing, in particular, the digital skills gap and the need for adaptation tounderstanding and shaping of the realities of the digitalised economy and society, and of preparing for the future impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market and public spheres; stresses that these policies should promote personal and societal development while respecting the goals of the energy transition towards the low- carbon economy;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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2. Points out that socio-economic disadvantage isand segregating educational institutions are frequently a predictor of poor educational outcomes and vice versa; insists that a properly funded, quality education and lifelong learning system can help break this vicious circle and promote social inclusion and equal opportunities; supports the plans to make the European Education Area a reality in the foreseeable future with the aim of allowing everyone access to a quality education; calls on the Commission to assist the Member States in reforming and modernising their education systems, including digital learning and high-quality teaching;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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3. Asserts that quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) has a positive impact on all children, boys and girls, and even more so on children belonging to less privileged socio-economic backgrounds, thereby contributing to reducing social inequalities; stresses that ECEC has an impact on children’s development, learning and well-being in the short-term, and creates the building blocks, like abilities to deal with conflicts, problem-solving skills, social and democratic behavior, for improving later long-term life outcomes;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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4. Believes that investing in human capitala modern democratic educational landscape, with a particular focus on young people and people with fewer opportunities, is key to boosting knowledge-intensive, sustainable, qualitative and inclusive growth, in a context of increasing skills shortages and mismatches in a rapidly changing world of work, particularly in the era of digitalisation; underlines the importance of entrepreneurship education in order to motivate young people to opt to set up in business on one hand; and underlines the importance of education for self- realisation and for the possibility of participation in a democratic community on the other hand;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
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7. Urges the Member States to foster cooperation between education and businesses with a view to addressing skills mismatches, including by fostering technical and digital skills, as well as vocational training and dual trainings and studies, and to put in place effective and comprehensive methodologies for the recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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8a. Calls for an increased focus on the promotion of girls and women in STEAM subjects in schools, trainings and studies; including support for the transition into professional life and for starting up businesses;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
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9. Believes that an all-encompassing approach to education policy enjoying strong political and public support, is vital to the educational reform process, and that in order to achieve these objectives, it is essential to involve both society as a whole and all relevant and interested stakeholders, including teachers and parents;