4 Amendments of Jérôme LAVRILLEUX related to 2017/2224(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. NotesEmphasises that the qualifications of the workforce do not match the needs of the labour market, and notes, with that in mind, that despite strong demand in the labour market for high-level skills, and the response of the education system in the form of the massive development of HEI (Higher Education Institutes), approximately 20 % of Europeans, including university graduates, lack basic skills such as reading, writing or numeracy1 ; recalls, moreover, that a similar number of Europeans have a low level of basic skills and that 44 % lack basic digital skills2, which creates serious barriers to their participation in the technologically advanced labour market and everyday life; __________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/school /math_en 2 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/digital-skills-factsheet- tallinn_en.pdf
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue their efforts to enable the recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning – gained from free online courses such as MOOCs – which often broaden access to education for underprivileged groups and therefore increase their opportunities for a better job and life, thereby making it possible to combat unemployment, in particular among young people;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to internationalise education systems and expand student mobility programmes to better prepare students for the EU labour market, in which a lack of skills in foreign languages and cultures is the first barrier to mobility; emphasises that enhancing and supporting mobility for young people in Europe will help reduce unemployment rates in the EU;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make vocational and educational training more visible and enhance its quality and attractiveness, and to promote dual education, work-based learning and reality-based learning at every level and form of education, including universities, in order to ensure stronger ties between the education and labour markets; calls for the policy of apprenticeships and entrepreneurship for young people to be developed and strengthened, to make their entry into the labour market smoother;