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What qualifications will Europe need by 2020? Challenges? skills mismatches - which skills? - how to provide the right skills for employability? - how to work adequately with business? Europe 2020 growth strategy ‘Rethinking Education’ November 2012 European Area for Skills and Qualifications 5 targets for the EU 2020 Education- 40% of 30-34–year-olds third level education - early school leaving below 10% - underperformance below15% (e.g. nearly 20% of 15 year olds lack sufficient skills in reading) - reduce adults with a low level of education (73 million) - increase participation in lifelong learning (at present 8,9% only) Employment 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed R&D 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested in R&D Climate change and energy sustainability20% (or even 30%, if the conditions are right) greenhouse gas emissions lower than 199020% of energy from renewables20% increase in energy efficiency Fighting poverty and social exclusionat least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion What to do? 1. revising all teaching professions 2. strengthening transversal skills entrepreneurial initiative, digital skills foreign languages 3. improving performance of students at risk of early school leaving increasing inclusiveness low-skilled adults 4. developing world-class vocational education and training mobility promoting work based learning quality traineeships, apprenticeships dual learning models 5. increase the efficiency of funding in education Tertiary education - 40% Teachers are an ageing profession in most countries How to become more entrepreneurial? ICT skills levels vary greatly between countries Basic skills levels are still lacking in many countries Great diversity in Vocational Education and Training (VET) Work-Based Learning is still an exception There are financial constraints in the sector Evolution of teacher salaries compared with the previous year A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stop (Henry Adams)