The Education, Youth and Culture Council meeting that recently took place produced the last amendments to and adoption of the
final conclusions on the Commission Communication of 22 February 2007 entitled “A coherent framework of indicators and benchmarks for monitoring progress towards the Lisbon objectives in education and training” (see
March ACA Newsletter-Education Europe).
The conclusions are easier to read than the original Communication on the indicators, but still, a deep knowledge of its many preceding documents is needed. The
highlights of these conclusions are:
The 16 core indicators accepted were: participation in pre-school education, special needs education, early school leavers, literacy in reading, mathematics and science, language skills, ICT skills, civic skills, learning to learn skills, upper secondary completion rates, professional development of teachers and trainers, higher education graduates, cross-national mobility of students in higher education, participation of adults in lifelong learning, adult’s skills, educational attainment of the population, and investment in education and training.
The four indicators left behind were: school management, schools as multi-purpose local learning centres, stratification of education and training systems, and the returns to education and training.
Council conclusions
Communication