EDUCATING EUROPE
EDUCATING EUROPE The EU is placing education high on its agenda in the Europe 2020 strategy. International Innovation presents some key facts propelling European education to the forefront of policy makers’ minds
35% IN 2020
KEY SKILLS ARE IMPROVING
MATHS
The EU members among the top performing countries in the world
READING
The Netherlands 27.6% IN 2012
There has been a decline in low achievers from 23.1% in 2006 to 17.8% in 2012
Poland Finland
By 2020, 35% of all jobs will require tertiary level qualifications, but only 27.6% of the EU’s workforce reached this level in 2012
Estonia
23.1% 17.8%
2006
2012
SCIENCE of poverty-stricken children in the EU are from families in which neither parent has reached above a secondary level of education
The percentage of low achievers has dropped from 20.3% in 2006 to 16.6% in 2012
ONLY 5.5%
20.3%
16.6%
2006
2012
of pupils in the Czech Republic leave school early, giving the country one of the
The likelihood of students dropping out of school early is double for students born outside the EU
BEST RECORDS IN EUROPE
GENETIC EFFECTS
*Statistics were sourced from the EC, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics, The Economist and The Independent.
EU TARGETS
THE EU HAS HIGH AIMS FOR 2020
TO ENCOURAGE MORE THAN
Genetics contributes to up to 80% of the differences observed in learning to read and write. This ranges from 60-70% for maths and 50-60% for science 14
INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION
95% OF CHILDREN AGED 4
OR OLDER TO PARTICIPATE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF 15-YEAR-OLDS UNDER SKILLED IN MATHEMATICS, READING AND SCIENCE TO LESS THAN
15%
TO MITIGATE THE AMOUNT OF YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVING EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO LESS THAN
10%
TO SEE
40%
OF INDIVIDUALS AGED 30-40 STUDY AT HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL
INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS ENGAGED IN LIFELONG LEARNING TO
15%