10 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2021/2209(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas access to education is a fundamental human right indispensable for the exercise of other human rights;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas since March 2020, around 194 countries have been forced to closed schools nationwide because of the COVID- 19 pandemic, impacting more than 1.8 billion school learners globally and cutting off their access to education and to other vital benefits that schools provide; whereas one third of children globally do not have access to the internet;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas prior to the pandemic, educational performance already varied significantly based on socioeconomic backgrounds; whereas the huge disruption has affected disproportionately children from poorer backgrounds, with long-term effects on their educational progression and labour market performance;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas it is estimated that school closures during crises may lead to increases in teenage pregnancy of as much as 65 %6 ; whereas girls out of school are disproportionally exposed to the risk of child marriage; whereas it is estimated that one million girls in Sub-Saharan Africa may be blocked from returning to schools once they reopen given the existence of certain discriminatory policies that ban pregnant girls and young mothers from school; _________________ 6World Vision (2020), COVID-19 Aftershocks: Access Denied.
Amendment 59 #
K. whereas on top of the enormous social costs, the World Bank estimates that a global school shutdown of five months could generate learning losses that have a present value of USD 10 trillion; whereas loss of learning may cost economies up to USD 161 million per day;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that improving domestic resource mobilisation, protecting and strongly increasing domestic expenditure on education, and improving the quality of this expenditure is essential in national recovery plans worldwide; insists, in this context, on ensuring equitable allocation and financing so that marginalised children and young people are not left behind;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to increase their contributions to and the overall efficiency of the UN COVAX programme to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for third countries in order to allow them to put national COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in place that are in line with the guidelines set by competent national public health authorities and the World Health Organization, so as to ensure a speedy return to schools;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to support the authorities of third countries in proactively issuing guidance on best practices in remote learning, and in ensuring that appropriate and safe tools, curricula and technology are used and are made accessible to children from low- income families, marginalised children and children with disabilities or learning difficulties, children in alternative care, and children living in remote areas or in environments where they are deprived of liberty or where internet access is not ubiquitous; reiteratehighlights the importance of digital learning as a great equaliser that enables educational institutions to reach all children at speed and scale, while at the same time fostering partnerships and working with a wide range of actors from civil society as well as the public and private sectors and reiterates the importance of making digital learning accessible and available to the highest number of children, especially those living in remote areas with limited access to the internet;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to maintain robust funding for education through all EU financial instruments available, in line with the 10 % benchmark on education in the Global Europe instrument, and make more funding available in order to increase resilience to ongoing and future crises;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to support the governments of third countries in building stronger gender- responsive and inclusive education systems;