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  Education and training monitor 2018
  Malta

  Malta is investing heavily in education and training to improve learning outcomes and reduce the number of early leavers. General government expenditure on education, both as a proportion of GDP (5.4 % in 2016, see Figure 2) and as a proportion of total public expenditure (14.1 % in 2016), is we...

  Malta is investing heavily in education and training to improve learning outcomes and reduce the number of early leavers. General government expenditure on education, both as a proportion of GDP (5.4 % in 2016, see Figure 2) and as a proportion of total public expenditure (14.1 % in 2016), is well above the EU averages (4.7 % and 10.2 %, respectively). From 2018, additional funding has been allocated for increasing teachers’ salaries and for their continuous professional development. The performance of Maltese students in international assessments remains poor, with major disparities linked to socioeconomic background and type of school. In PISA 2015, the proportion of low achievers in science, reading and mathematics among Maltese 15-year-olds was significantly higher than the EU average. Results from the 2016 Progress in International Reading Study (PIRLS) ranked Malta in 40th place out of 50 participating countries in terms of overall performance. This was well below the international average and there was a small decline since the previous test in 2011. Results showed that church schools performed better than state schools, which in turn performed better than independent Schools. Comparison is complicated by the fact that in 2016 the test language was Maltese, whereas in 2011 it was English. (Ministry for Education and Employment, 2018c).

  • Published: 2019-01-29
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (European Commission)
  • Subject: early childhood, education policy, education statistics, learning, Malta, schooling, updating of skills, vocational training
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  Education and training monitor 2018
  United Kingdom

  Government expenditure on education decreased in 2016 compared to 2015, but remains in line with the EU average. Education spending as a share of GDP dropped from 5.1 % in 2015 to 4.7 % in 2016 (equal to the EU average). Similarly, as a share of total government expenditure it went down from 12 ...

  Government expenditure on education decreased in 2016 compared to 2015, but remains in line with the EU average. Education spending as a share of GDP dropped from 5.1 % in 2015 to 4.7 % in 2016 (equal to the EU average). Similarly, as a share of total government expenditure it went down from 12 % in 2015 to 11.2 % in 2016 (still above the EU average of 10.2 %). The most significant budget cuts occurred in higher education, which dropped from 7.1 % to 4.8 % of total general government expenditure. The highest share of government spending on education is on secondary education (48.3 %), followed by pre-primary and primary education (24.2 %). Financial pressures are visible in the different UK administrations. In England, an increasing number of schools, both local-authority-maintained and academies (publicly funded independent state schools), are in deficit (BBC, 2018; Burns, 2018; Kreston, 2018), and are finding it increasingly difficult to remain financially sustainable. The education budget in Northern Ireland dropped by GBP 24 million in 2017/2018 compared to the year before. This required reductions, for example, in a funding programme targeted at disadvantaged schools (Meredith, 2017). The Welsh Government announced new investment plans for education focused on upgrades and maintenances for further education institutions and medium-terms plans for higher education estate rationalisation(Welsh Government, 2017a).

  • Published: 2019-01-29
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (European Commission)
  • Subject: early childhood, education policy, education statistics, learning, schooling, United Kingdom, updating of skills, vocational training
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  Education and training monitor 2018
  Ireland

  Expenditure on education has recovered recently, recording a sharp increase. Public expenditure on education as a proportion of GDP is not a fully reliable indicator in Ireland, given the specific structure of the Irish GDP and its recent significant shifts. Measured as a percentage of total pub...

  Expenditure on education has recovered recently, recording a sharp increase. Public expenditure on education as a proportion of GDP is not a fully reliable indicator in Ireland, given the specific structure of the Irish GDP and its recent significant shifts. Measured as a percentage of total public budget, Ireland spent 12.1 % on education in 2016, against 10.2 % for the EU-28 average (see Figure 2 for changes over time). This indicates that the sector is once again a budgetary priority. New funding has gone in particular to the recruitment of a sizeable number of new teachers and special needs assistants (Irish Government, 2018). These expansionary measures have been highly welcomed by stakeholders (ESRI, 2018). Capital and infrastructure investment are also on a renewed positive trend. In February 2018 a EUR 30 million investment in ICT infrastructure for primary and post-primary schools was announced, enabling a large number of schools to purchase equipment and integrate digital technology into teaching and learning (Eurydice, 2018). This is set to be complemented by 1 Using gross domestic product (GDP) the figure would be 3.3 % in 2016, whereas using gross national income (GNI*) specifically adapted to Ireland, it would be c. 4.7 %. Education and Training Monitor 2018 - Country analysis October 2018 additional supports for the introduction of Computer Science as a new subject in schools from September 2018. There is a particular focus on physical capital needs, concentrating on the institute of technology sector, with the aim being to expand capacity and upgrade campus infrastructure in the 2018-2021 period (Eurydice, 2018). In this context, EUR 21 million has been earmarked to increase the number of researchers across all disciplines, plus EUR 200 million for public-private partnerships. Public investment in early childhood education and care has also risen significantly in recent years, from EUR 260 million in 2015 to EUR 486 million in 2018. Finally, major investments on education are planned under the National Development Plan 2018-2027.

  • Published: 2019-01-29
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (European Commission)
  • Subject: early childhood, education policy, education statistics, Ireland, learning, schooling, updating of skills, vocational training
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  Education and training monitor 2018
  EU targets for 2020

  • Published: 2018-10-25
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (European Commission)
  • Subject: assistance in training, early childhood, education policy, education statistics, higher education, learning, schooling, updating of skills, vocational training
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  Education and training monitor 2018
  Country analysis

  Volume 2 of the Education and Training Monitor 2018 includes 28 individual country reports. It builds on the most up-to-date quantitative and qualitative evidence to present and assess the main recent and ongoing policy measures in each EU Member State, with a focus on developments since mid-201...

  Volume 2 of the Education and Training Monitor 2018 includes 28 individual country reports. It builds on the most up-to-date quantitative and qualitative evidence to present and assess the main recent and ongoing policy measures in each EU Member State, with a focus on developments since mid-2017. It therefore complements other sources of information which offer descriptions of national education and training systems. Section 1 presents a statistical overview of the main education and training indicators. Section 2 briefly identifies the main strengths and challenges of the country’s education and training system. Section 3 looks at investment in education and training. Section 4 focuses on citizenship education. Section 5 deals with policies to modernise school education. Section 6 discusses measures to modernise higher education. Finally, section 7 covers vocational education and training, while section 8 covers adult learning.

  • Published: 2018-11-08
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (European Commission)
  • Subject: early childhood, education policy, education statistics, EU Member State, learning, schooling, updating of skills, vocational training
• The European higher education area in 2018
  Bologna Process implementation report

  Latest edition.

  The Bologna Process has brought us a long way towards achieving the goals for European higher education set two decades ago. This third edition of the Bologna Process Implementation Report provides clear evidence of change in the higher education landscape. It shows where progress has been made,...

  The Bologna Process has brought us a long way towards achieving the goals for European higher education set two decades ago. This third edition of the Bologna Process Implementation Report provides clear evidence of change in the higher education landscape. It shows where progress has been made, but also points to the gaps that need to be filled if we are to strengthen European higher education cooperation on the basis of quality and mutual trust. Higher education has been evolving rapidly to respond to fast changing demands. Overall in Europe, we are becoming better educated, as more students have the opportunity to develop the high-level skills and knowledge that our societies require. Thanks to the Bologna Process and the Erasmus+ programme, students have become more mobile, and can benefit from study and employment opportunities abroad. Yet we also face challenges in this changing environment: How do we recognise and reward good teaching as well as good research? How do we ensure that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds can access and successfully complete higher education? How do we remove burdensome recognition procedures to ensure that students and graduates can be mobile? And how do we increase the relevance of higher education programmes for a labour market that is in a state of permanent transformation? The Bologna Process provides a space for countries to discuss these challenges, and this dialogue remains critical.

  • Published: 2018-10-18
  • Corporate Author(s): Eurydice (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency)
  • Subject: education costs, education statistics, educational system, higher education, recognition of diplomas, student mobility
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  Education and training monitor 2018
  

  The Education and Training Monitor is a European Commission staff working document that presents a yearly evaluation of education and training systems across Europe. The Monitor reports on EU and Member States’ performance on the ET2020 benchmarks, and elaborates on policy priorities and initiat...

  The Education and Training Monitor is a European Commission staff working document that presents a yearly evaluation of education and training systems across Europe. The Monitor reports on EU and Member States’ performance on the ET2020 benchmarks, and elaborates on policy priorities and initiatives for education systems. Volume 1 of the Monitor provides an analysis from cross-national and thematic points of view. Volume 2 comprises 28 individual country reports. The report brings together the latest data, technical reports and studies, as well as policy documents, and examples of policy measures from different EU Member States. The report contributes to the implementation of the ET 2020 cooperation framework. It is also a tool for educational stakeholders and institutions in Europe to compare their country to other EU Member States, and an opportunity for peer learning. This year’s Education and Training Monitor lead theme is citizenship education and civic competences (Part 1 of Volume 1). In Part 2, progress towards the EU’s 2020 education targets are analysed at EU level and in individual Member States. Finally, Part 3 looks into investment in education

  • Published: 2018-10-22
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (European Commission)
  • Subject: early childhood, education policy, education statistics, EU Member State, learning, schooling, updating of skills, vocational training
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  Situation of young people in the European Union
  Commission staff working document

  The renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field, also known as the EU Youth Strategy, covers the period from 2010 to 2018. It is divided into three-year work cycles. At the end of each cycle, a European Union (EU) Youth Report should be drawn up by the Commission. The Council h...

  The renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field, also known as the EU Youth Strategy, covers the period from 2010 to 2018. It is divided into three-year work cycles. At the end of each cycle, a European Union (EU) Youth Report should be drawn up by the Commission. The Council has specified that the report 'shall consist of two parts: a joint Council-Commission report (political part), and supporting documents (statistical and analytical part). The EU Youth Report will evaluate progress made towards the overall objectives of the framework, as well as progress regarding the priorities defined for the most recent work cycle and identify good practices'. This statistical part of the report presents data and information on the current situation of young people in Europe.

  • Published: 2018-07-13
  • Corporate Author(s): Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (European Commission)
  • Subject: culture, education statistics, employment statistics, EU Member State, EU statistics, health statistics, information technology user, population statistics, social integration, social participation, social well-being, voluntary work, young person, youth employment, youth policy
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  The European Union and the African Union
  A statistical portrait : 2018 edition

  This “statistical portrait” 2018 edition presents a broad comparison between the situation of the European Union, including EFTA members and candidate countries, and the African Union, its member states and non-member states. The publication is jointly produced by Eurostat and the Statistics Div...

  This “statistical portrait” 2018 edition presents a broad comparison between the situation of the European Union, including EFTA members and candidate countries, and the African Union, its member states and non-member states. The publication is jointly produced by Eurostat and the Statistics Division of the African Union Commission (AUSTAT) on the basis of data from both organisations. With data up to and including the year 2016, this “portrait” includes various domains such as demography, health, education, national accounts, trade, and more. Tables in the eight chapters help the user to gain a detailed view on different aspects, such as mobile communication subscriptions, number of teachers, life expectancy, GDP, tourism, etc. An overview chapter is also included, presenting statistical comparisons with the rest of the world.

  • Published: 2018-07-16
  • Corporate Author(s): African Union Commission ; Eurostat (European Commission)
  • Subject: African Union, economic statistics, education statistics, EU statistics, European Union, financial statistics, health statistics, industrial statistics, international statistics, official statistics, population statistics, regional statistics
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  Basic figures on enlargement countries
  2018 edition

  Latest edition.

  This short guide presents the latest data available for the European Union (EU) and the enlargement countries. The Treaty on European Union (Article 49) states that any European country may apply for membership if it respects the democratic values of the EU — a regard for human dignity and human...

  This short guide presents the latest data available for the European Union (EU) and the enlargement countries. The Treaty on European Union (Article 49) states that any European country may apply for membership if it respects the democratic values of the EU — a regard for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law — and is committed to promoting them. The EU has granted the perspective of EU membership to seven enlargement countries, five of which have candidate country status — Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The other two, namely, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence) are potential candidates.

  • Published: 2018-07-27
  • Corporate Author(s): Eurostat (European Commission)
  • Subject: agricultural statistics, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, economic statistics, education statistics, employment statistics, enlargement of the Union, financial statistics, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, industrial statistics, Kosovo, Montenegro, national statistics, population statistics, Serbia, trade statistics, Turkey