7 Amendments of Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU related to 2012/2045(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas inadequate language knowledge continues to be an enormous obstacle to learning mobility and mobility for purposes of education and training;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Η a (new)
Recital Η a (new)
Ηa. whereas skills in new technologies significantly facilitate the objectives of the LLP;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the economic costs of educational underperformance and its impact on the development of Member States are significantly higher than the costs of the financial crisis, and Member States are already paying the price year after year;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks Member States to prioritise expenditures in education, training, lifelong learning, research and innovation that are considered to be investments for future growth, but at the same time ensuring the added value of such investment;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that a special focus should be given to young people, bearing in mind that the EU unemployment rate has increased to over 20 %, with peaks in excess of 450 % in some Member States, and that young people are particularly hard hit in the current crisis; recalls also that one out of seven of today’s students (14.4 %) leaves the education system with no more than a lower secondary education and does not participate in any further education or training;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that the Commission Communication on ‘Education and Training in a smart, sustainable and inclusive Europe’ does not give adequate coverage to the issue of early school developmentleaving, despite the fact that it comprises a basic objective of the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy; believes that this stage in education should be seen as the most crucial for the individuals’s future educational attainment and personal and social development;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages Member States to consider the possibility of introducing small grants for pre-university students from poorer backgrounds who are facing serious financial difficulties, so as to encourage them to stay in education;