Activities of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2011/2036(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Schools' system PDF (231 KB) DOC (144 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Schools cannot be put in the same category as international schools because they meet a need to educate children in their mother tongue, and to develop the European dimension in education,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in the Schools in Brussels and Luxembourg the problem of excessive numbers of studentslack of school buildings and infrastructure is detrimental to the quality of education and prevents the enrolment of children other than the children of EU institutions staff,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the educational model on which the European Schools are based should be promoted in the Member States, especially because of its being a result of shared best practices,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas in order to help bring students together and to foster mutual understanding between them and to improve students’ language skills, certain lessons are taught in the same language to joint classes of the same level,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the European Schools are often wrongly considered to be elitist schools, when their mission is to provide mother-tongue education for students whose parents may be required to change their place of work or return to their country of origin as well as to develop the European dimension in education;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the European Schools should serve asbecome an example of the best possible schooling in Europe and that exporting this model to the national education systems would assist professional mobility;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that European Schools play a valuable role in their communities;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the budget restrictions that the Schools will have to accept must be accompanied by a real increase in their management autonomy by, for example, allowing the schools to find other funding;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Board of Governors to think further ahead about infrastructure requirements and to take measures that will help avoid the problems of excessive numbersallow to meet with the real demand for the European Schooling; calls on the Member States and the Commission to encourage the development of Type II and Type III Schools;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to promote the concept of European Schools on their territory by raising awareness about European schooling, promoting the European baccalaureate and creating pilot establishments;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. The European baccalaureate should be recognised automatically in the Member States and access of students from European schools to Member States’ higher education institutions should be made under the same conditions of national students;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Board of Governors to more actively develop the European Schools by following the examples of the best schooling systems in the World as demonstrated by PISA studies and encourages twinning between the European School and national schools;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the need to rationalise the Schools’ management costs, but points out that attempts to curb expenditure must not bring into question fundamental principles that form the basis of the European Schools concept, such as mother-tongue teaching by native speakers and should not affect the core curricular, such as science or mathematics;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to define its budget contribution so that these principles are respected and there is adequate provision for students with special educational needs (SEN); invites the Commission, before deciding on any budgetary changes, in cooperation with the schools and parents/teachers associations, to draw up an impact assessment of the various options of rationalisation of the system, including examining the educational aspects;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that the proposed cuts in the budgets of European Schools constitute a serious threat to the quality of education and proper functioning of the European Schools and therefore opposes any budget cuts;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19