14 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2021/2209(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes that the lack of adequate national regulations and strategies, as well as the lack of trained professionals, of the necessary infrastructure and of proper equipment and facilities, and the significant educational inequalities between children are barriers to free quality public education in several developing countries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Takes note of the fact that Africa’s population will double by 2050 and that a majority of the current population is under the age of 25; underlines that young people are the most valuable assets for Africa to boost the continent’s economic development and, therefore, regrets that less than 10% of Africa's population under the age of 25 is enrolled in some form of postsecondary education; stresses the need to provide scholarships programmes in low and low-middle income countries;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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3. Emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the existing vulnerabilities in social services in Africa, in particular in the field of education and has highlighted the need to expand the concept of education, and to build back equitable, quality school-based health and nutrition services; calls on the EU to work with partner countries to increase the resilience of their school systems in face of emergency crises, especially with regard to ensuring that all children can access online education when needed;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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3a. Underlines that this crisis could serve as an opportunity to build more inclusive, efficient and resilient education systems, and for school health and nutrition services to be scaled up appropriately, leveraging cross-sectoral partnerships;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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4. Acknowledges that education is a cross-cutting issue relevant to all dimensions of sustainable development; points out that education is also a tool to empower young people and to support sustainable economic growth and human development in Africa, and that in the long term, it indirectly paves the way to eradicating poverty and challenging negative social norms and promote gender equality;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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5. UStresses that the rapid transformations in educational methods as a result of the closure of schools and the implementation of distance learning has revealed not only the digital divide, but has also exacerbated the pre-existing social divide; underlines that access to quality education for all must be ensured regardless of socio-economic status, cultural background, religion and the rural- urban divide; notes the particular importance of supporting girls in accessing quality education and of addressing the issue of girls dropping out of school at an early stage; points out the need to engage with partner countries to put gender equality at the heart of their national education plans; stresses the importance of tackling barriers that prevent girls from effectively accessing education, such as the lack of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities within schools;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
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6. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated education funding gaps, adding up to one third to the annual funding gap and reaching USD 200 billion1 ; calls on the EU to increase funding for education and to engage with other donors to increase their share of ODA directed towards education; calls on the EU to engage in political dialogues with low and low-middle income partner countries to expand their tax base, establish a progressive tax base system, tackle illicit financial flows and tax avoidance, and provide all technical necessary means that are needed to achieve these goals; stresses the importance of debt relief, including cancellation, to enable low and low- middle income countries to spend more funds on education; __________________ 1 https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-warns- funding-gap-reach-sdg4-poorer-countries- risks-increasing-us-200-billion-annually
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
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6a. Regrets that even before COVID- 19.48% of the world’s children – and 90% of children in low-income countries – were ‘learning poor’: unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10; underlines the need to ensure diverse distance learning solutions, such as radio- based and TV programmes in resource- poor and isolated environments; points out that the parents must also be engaged to support equal learning opportunities for their children, and to dismantle gendered stereotypes about digital skills;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
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7. Considers that in the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, appropriate preparation and resource support for teachers and education systems are needed, and particular efforts must be undertaken to invest in well- trained teachers in order to equip children with skills which are relevant to the job market and to ensure that gender expertise is mobilized at all levels of the education sector response;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
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7a. Emphasises that school-related vaccination strategies need to be considered to ensure the continuity of schooling in low and low-middle income developing countries;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
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8. Calls on the Commission to establish a road map to provide technical assistance in the education sector, together with Member States, to developing partner countries in order to draw up proper national regulations and strategies, and to share best practices in this context to transform education systems, prioritize resilience, and to share best practices in this context; stresses the need to allocate funding resources to the countries most in need and to increase the share of investment in basic and pre-primary education in low income countries, in line with SDG 4;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
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8. Calls on the Commission to establish a road map to provide technical assistance in the education sector, together with Member States, to developing partner countries in order to draw up proper national regulations and strategies, to establish effective data collection and management systems that allow proper policy implementation, and to share best practices in this context;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
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9. Calls on the Commission to take the absorption capacities of partner countries into account in the context of increased funding for education; emphasises the need to engage with reliable local partners, particularly with local faith-based organisations, in to ensure the continuity of education and the return of all learners when schools reopen; emphasises the need to engage with reliable local partners in the programme design and implementation of education funding and to address cross-cutting health, social and education issues theat implementation of education funding.act on continuity of learning and return to school;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
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9a. Underlines the need to boost the establishment of compulsory comprehensive sexual education programmes in the national education plans of partner countries to reduce girls and young women’s vulnerability to early and unintended pregnancy, HIV transmission and gender-based violence;