Workshop on European Composite Indicators and Scoreboards Bruxelles 2425 October 2005

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Workshop on European Composite Indicators and
ScoreboardsBruxelles 24-25 October 2005

• Measuring Progress in the Field of Education and
  Training
• Anders Joest Hingel
• Richard Deiss
• DG Education and Culture / A6
• Lifelong learning Policies / Analyses, Statistics
  and Indicators

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Systems of Education in Europe

• Around 50 systems of education in the European
  Union
• Diversity and convergence
• Many Common challenges

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Many warning lights for European Educational
systems

• Rate of early school leavers still too high
• Too few women in scientific and technological
  fields
• Nearly 20 of young people fail to acquire key
  competences
• VET not sufficiently attractive
• Too few adults participating in lifelong
  learning
• Shortage of qualified teachers and trainers is
  looming

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EU Treaty

• Article 149
• The Community shall contribute to the development
  of quality education by encouraging co-operation
  between Member States and, if necessary, by
  supporting and supplementing their action, while
  fully respecting the responsibility of the Member
  States for the content of teaching and the
  organisation of education systems and their
  cultural and linguistic diversity.

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Article 150
EU Treaty

• The Community shall implement a vocational
  training policy which shall support and
  supplement the action of the Member States, while
  fully respecting the responsibility of the Member
  States for the content and organisation of
  vocational training

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The Lisbon strategy in the field of educationand
training

• Common Objectives of education and training
  systems in Europe
• Copenhagen process of enhanced cooperation in
  vocational education and training
• The Bologna process in Higher Education
• An overarching Lifelong Learning Strategy

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Stockholm European Council, March 2001

• Three Strategic Objectives for Education and
  training
• Improving the quality of education and training
  systems
• Making access to learning easier
• Opening education and training to the world

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Barcelona European Council, March 2002

• Europe's education systems should by 2010 be a
  "world quality reference"
• Adoption of a Detailed work programme on the
  implementation of Common objectives for education
  and training in Europe

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Common Objectives for Education and Training in
Europe

• 3 Strategic objectives
• 13 Objectives
• 33 Indicative indicators

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Five European Benchmarks in Education and
Training (Bruxelles, May 2003)

• By 2010
• Not more than 10 early school leavers
• Decreased of least 20 of low-achieving
  15-year-olds in reading literacy
• At least 85 of 22-year-olds should have
  completed upper-secondary education.
• Increase by at least 15 of the number of
  graduates in mathematics, science and technology
  decrease of gender imbalance
• Participation in lifelong learning should be at
  least 12.5 of the adult working age population
  (25-64 age group).
• AND a  significant yearly increase in investment
  on human resources  (Lisbon Summit Conclusions)

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29 Indicators for Monitoring
Progress and Performance in Education and
Training Chapter I Improving the Quality of
Teachers and Trainers Indicator n1 Age of
teachers Indicator n2 Number of young
people Indicator n3 Ratio of pupils to
teaching staff Chapter II Developing Skills for
the Knowledge Society Indicator n4 Completion
of upper-secondary education Indicator
n5 Low-achieving students in reading literacy
Indicator n6-8 Performance in reading,
mathematics and science Indicator n9
Participation in education or training of
initially low- qualified people Chapter III
Increasing Recruitment to Scientific and
Technical Studies Indicator n10 Enrolment in
mathematics, science and technology Indicator
n11-13 Graduates in mathematics, science and
technology Chapter IV Making Best Use of
Resources Indicator n14 Public expenditure on
education Indicator n15 Private expenditure on
educational institutions Indicator n16
Enterprise expenditure on continuing vocational
training Indicator n17-18 Total expenditure on
educational institutions per pupil/student Chapter
V Open Learning Environment, Indicator n19
Participation in lifelong learning Chapter VI
Making Learning Attractive Indicator n20-21
Participation in continuing vocational training
Indicator n22 Participation rates in
education Indicator n23 Early school leavers
Chapter VII Improving Foreign Language Learning
Indicator n24 Pupils learning foreign
languages Indicator n25 Number of foreign
languages learned Chapter VIII Mobility and
Cooperation Indicator n26 Mobility of teachers
and trainers Indicator n27-29 Mobility of
students and trainees Chapter IX Ensuring Access
to ICT for everyone

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REGULAR REPORTING AND MONITORING OF PROGRESS

• Bi-annual  Joint report  (Council of
  Ministers/European Commission) on the follow-up
  of the Lisbon objectives in the field of
  education and training (2005)
• Yearly Progress Report on education and training
  based on indicators and benchmarks (2004, 2005..)

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• Work on Analysis, indicators and benchmarks
• Standing Group on Indicators and Benchmarks (31
  countries)
• Eurydice European Unit / Eurydice Network of 35
  National Units
• Cooperation with Eurostat, JRC, Dg RTD, Dg Empl,
  Dg Entr, DG Ecfin
• Cooperation with international organisations
  (OECD, IEA..)
• Cooperation with CEDEFOP, European Training
  Foundation
• CRELL/JRC (Ispra) (Centre for Indicator based
  research on lifelong learning)
• Studies and research (Socrates programme /
  Observation and Innovation)
• Studies on Indicator development modules, Pilot
  projects
• A significant investment in human resources
  inside the Commission services
• 10-15 meuro p.a. (Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci)
• /- 50 man/years p.a. (DG EAC, Eurydice, CRELL)

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Monitoring progress of education and training
systems

• Use of available indicators
• Valid,
• Comparable,
• Timely and
• Policy relevant indicators
• Political presure need of developing new European
  indicators

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Priority areas for the development of new
indicators

• Foreign Languages skills
• Learning-to-learn skills
• Social inclusion and active citizenship
• ICT
• Adult education / Adult Skills
• Teachers and trainers
• As well as
• Mobility
• Investment efficiency
• Vocational education and training

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Basic skills

• Benchmark No progress in reading since 2000
• Some progress in maths and science
• Finland leading EU country

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Upper secondary attainment

• Benchmark No progress since 2000
• Leading countries Czech Republic, Slovakia (gt
  90)
• Small sample size leads to unstable results

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MST graduates

• Benchmark will already be achieved before 2010
• Strong growth in Eastern and Southern Europe
• Gender balance female share up, 2000 28
  2001 31
• China (810 000 MST graduates) overtook the EU in
  2003

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Expenditure on education

• Public ET spending in EU increased 2000-02 by
  (real) 9
• Highest public spending in Denmark and Sweden
• Highest enterprise spending on CVT Denmark,
  Sweden
• Highest household spending in Cyprus and Greece

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Early school leavers Share of the population
aged 18-24 with only lower secondary education
and not in education or training, 2004
Source DG Education and Culture. Data source
Eurostat (Labour Force Survey).
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Monitoring Progress