22 Amendments of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2013/2041(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 12 April 2013 (CdR2392/2012 fin),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas open educational resources improve the quality, accessibility and equity of education and facilitate an interactive, creative, flexible and personalized learning process through the use of ICT and new technologies; whereas open education enhances sustained employability by supporting lifelong learning;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas, despite high overall levels of youth unemployment, certain sectors such as the ICT and health care sectors have increasing difficulty filling vacancies with qualified personnel;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas an increasing gap between the qualifications of graduates and the skills requirements of the labour market can be observed in some Member States;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Communication, in particular its strong focus on combating youth unemployment as well as promoting world-class vocational education and training (VET), flexible learning pathways, including through the promotion of open educational resources, and work-based learning, and addressing the shortages of well-qualified teachers and trainers;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a holistic approach to education and training, reminds that education should also be promoted for its own sake, and highlights the important role of non- formal and informal learning as part of an overall lifelong learning strategy aiming at a socially inclusive knowledge society with strong individuals and active citizens;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to prioritise public expenditures in education, training, research and innovation, and recalls that any budget cut in these fields will have a strong negative impact on the economic recoveryinvestment in these areas is essential for the economic recovery and global competitiveness of the Union;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a recognition of youth and civil society organisations in the design and implementation of lifelong learning strategies; also highlights their role as complementary educational providers for non-formal and informal learning and volunteering, helping young people to attain both transversal skills and individual personal competences, such as critical thinkeative and critical thinking, sense of initiative, information processing and problem solving, team work and communication, and self-confidence and leadership;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to promote the attractiveness of VET and make it an integral part of the education system, and calls for a stronger focus on transversal and basic skills, in particular on entrepreneurial and ICT skills with a strong involvement from the business sector, that help young people to enter the labour market and to create their own businesses;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Acknowledges the importance of developing and implementing entrepreneurship education systems across Europe and underlines that students' access to entrepreneurship education varies and is often determined at institution level; thus calls on Member States and local and regional authorities, working with the education institutions, to include elements of entrepreneurship education in the curriculum content in basic education, vocational training and higher education;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Acknowledges that poor language skills constitute a major obstacle to the free movement of workers and to the international competitiveness of enterprises in the Union, particularly in areas where European citizens live close to the border of a neighbouring country with a different language; recalls that language learning is deemed to be much more effective at an early age;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that the Youth Guarantee Scheme cannot replace structural efforts and reforms which must make the education systems and labour markets in some Member States fit for the challenges of the future;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to actively ask for support and initiatives as well as other forms of cooperation with the private sector in improving education in order to better prepare students for the transition from education to the job market;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Communication does not specify any concrete implementation measures for cooperation between the educational sector and different social and business partners; however, calls upon the Member States to improve cooperation between businesses and the educational sector at all levels, with a scope of better linking curricula to the demands of the labour market; welcomes the knowledge alliances and sector skills alliances included in the Commission proposal on the new multiannual programme in the field of education, training, youth, and sport;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for more cooperation between educational institutions, the business sector, social partners, and local and regional authorities in order to exchange best practices and, to promote partnerships and to work towards providing quality placements, internships and apprenticeships as a means of transition from education to work;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Welcomes the announced Commission initiative 'Opening Up Education' aimed at improving the efficiency, accessibility and equity of education, training and learning systems by strengthening the integration of ICT and new technologies in education and training and calls on all Member States to encourage initiatives to open up education;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Urges Member States to improve open access to all educational and scientific materials with an aim of lowering costs for education and research, particularly in light of recent budget cuts in these areas throughout the Union;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Notes with concern the wide divergence in available ICT resources and knowledge in schools and higher education institutions between and within the Member States; stresses that the uptake of ICT infrastructure and knowledge should be mainstreamed in all education and training sectors to best equip students for the digital age;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls the importance of high-quality teacher education that needs to be complemented with career-long professional training, due in particular to the rapid changes in ICT and digital media, as well as the specificities of entrepreneurship education;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for breaking the prejudices that prevent students from taking such educational paths that are not necessarily perceived as leading to highly recognised careers and positions in society; underlines however that in times of high youth unemployment students should be actively informed of the realistic employment perspectives their choices in education lead to;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses the importance of timely implementation and reporting on the implementation of initiatives aimed at improving the cross-border recognition of qualifications within the Union, in particular the European Qualifications Framework, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECEVET);