Capturing the latest

evidenceon the evolution

of Europe's

education andtraining systems

Education and Training Monitor 2015

Research Policy

1. Educational poverty and spending cuts: challenges for the education sector

2. Education attainment levels of young people across Europe

3. Policy levers for inclusiveness, quality and relevance

"Among the societal challenges that Europe faces, the greatest one lies in reducing educational

poverty."

Failing to reach a

minimumthreshold

BG CY RO EL HR HU SK SE LT PT IT LU ES FR EU UK CZ SI LV BE AT DE IE DK NL PL FI EE0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Underachievement in maths: 22.1% on

average across the EU2020 target: below 15%

BG CY RO EL HR HU SK SE LT PT IT LU ES FR EU UK CZ SI LV BE AT DE IE DK NL PL FI EE0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%Bottom socio-economic quarter

Country average

Top socio-economic quarter

BG CY RO EL HR HU SK SE LT PT IT LU ES FR EU UK CZ SI LV BE AT DE IE DK NL PL FI EE0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%Underachievement in the bottom socio-economic quarter: 36.6%

BG CY RO EL HR HU SK SE LT PT IT LU ES FR EU UK CZ SI LV BE AT DE IE DK NL PL FI EE0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%Below 15% in not a single

Member State

BG CY RO EL HR HU SK SE LT PT IT LU ES FR EU UK CZ SI LV BE AT DE IE DK NL PL FI EE0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%Amongst more than half of the 15 year-

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Educational poverty is high, and spread disproportionately across our societies

Despite the need for public education investment, we see consecutive spending cuts in a number of Member States

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Change in the population aged 4 to 18 (2010-2013)

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UK

ROCY HU

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EU

DKPL

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BG

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Change in the population aged 4 to 18 (2010-2013)

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Strengthening the evidence-base

Mutual learningthrough evidence-based

policycoordination

Concrete policy leversto improve

inclusiveness, quality

and relevance

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Average annual change in early school leaving rate over the period 2011-2014

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Average annual change in early school leaving rate over the period 2011-2014

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CY

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Average annual change in early school leaving rate over the period 2011-2014

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FR

EU

CY

BE

UK

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PLATNL

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Average annual change in early school leaving rate over the period 2011-2014

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Average annual change in early school leaving rate over the period 2011-2014

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Male early school leaving rates are at least twice as high as those of women in CY, LV, LU, SI, PL and EE.

Those born abroad are on average twice as likely to leave the education and training system early when compared to native-born individuals.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 240%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

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35%

Number of years since arrival in the country of residence

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55%

EU

Average annual change in tertiary attainment rate over the period 2011-2014

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Average annual change in tertiary attainment rate over the period 2011-2014

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UK

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Average annual change in tertiary attainment rate over the period 2011-2014

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UK

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SI

RO

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PLAT

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MT

HU

LU LT

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Average annual change in tertiary attainment rate over the period 2011-2014

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UK

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Average annual change in tertiary attainment rate over the period 2011-2014

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MT PT ES EL IT LV LU BG CY RO IE EE BE EU SE UK LT FR DK HU NL FI AT DE PL SK SI HR CZ0%

20%

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100%

Low (ISCED 0-2) Medium (ISCED 3-4) general orientationMedium (ISCED 3-4) vocational orientation High (ISCED 5-8)

Highest level of education attained (30-34 year-olds)

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 201465%

70%

75%

80%

85%

90%

Tertiary graduates

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 201465%

70%

75%

80%

85%

90%

Tertiary graduates

Upper secondary qualifications

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 201465%

70%

75%

80%

85%

90%

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 201465%

70%

75%

80%

85%

90%

82.0%

78.3%77.4% 77.1%

75.9% 75.5% 76.1%

One in fouremployed tertiary

has a job

traditionally

qualificationrequire a

graduatesthat would not

tertiary

CY BG ES UK SK EU EE AT FR LT FI PT SE MT LU

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

2014 2011

Overqualification amongst higher education graduates

France Germany Poland Spain United Kingdom

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%

35%12% 8%

34% 35%

26%

12% 25%

14% 13%

MOOCs offered MOOCs planned

Share of HEIs offering MOOCs

RO HR SK PL LV CYMT IT PT EU SI AT NL FI DK

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%2014

2011

ET 2020 benchmark

Adult participation in learning

inclusiveness

qualityrelevance

qualityrelevance

inclusiveness

inclusiveness

qualityrelevance

inclusiveness

qualityrelevance

inclusiveness

qualityrelevance

inclusiveness

qualityrelevance

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