5 Amendments of Tamás DEUTSCH related to 2018/2090(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Highlights the vital role of education and training as the best investment in the EU’s future; whereas education has a strategic importance for employability, growth, innovation and social cohesion; strongly believes that digital transformation has a great impact on education systems; stresses that digital competencies are of growing importance for every individual and underlines that in the future, nearly all jobs will require digital skills;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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2. Welcomes the Commission communication of 17 January 2018 on the Digital Education Action Plan (COM(2018)0022) and recalls the importance of completing the digital single market; by making full use of new technologies as tools for boosting innovation in Europe’s education systems and stresses the need for the effective development of digital competences; points out that digitalisation has a twofold impact on education systems: firstly, citizens should be prepared for lifelong learning in a world that is becoming increasingly digitalised, and secondly, digital transformation should also be applied to education systems themselves;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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3. Underlines the importance of education in helping use effectively ICT technologies and in preparing for rapid adaptation to changes due to digitalisation and for taking an active part in shaping the process of digitalisation; further underlines that sufficient infrastructure offering high-quality and accessible connectivity is of great importance; highlights the need to close the digital divide by creating an investment- friendly environment and fostering digital infrastructure such as high-capacity broadband networks;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses the vital role of high- capacity broadband networks, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence as the backbone of future education and training schemes; underlines the importance of introducing coding classes in all schools and encouraging schools to participate in the EU Code Week; calls for sufficient investments in research and innovation e.g. in 5G, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, as those has not yet unleashed its full potentials;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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5. Stresses the urgent need to develop the full range of digital skills that individuals and companies will require in an increasingly digital economy; underlines the need to strengthen connections between education and employmentstresses the importance of designing special training solutions for people working in small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) and of re-training unemployed people; underlines the need to strengthen connections between education and employment; given that digital transformation will be a factor why some of today’s jobs will disappear and new jobs will emerge; recalls the need to encourage young people to pursue ICT studies; emphasises that recommendations for a minimum level of digital competencies that students should acquire during their studies should be drawn up.