Council Recommendation on Pathways to School Success and replacing the Council Recommendation of 28 June 2011 on policies to reduce early school leaving

Summary:

Council Recommendation - adopted by the Council of the European Union on 28 November 2022 - focusing on early school leaving and low achievement in basic skills. This is a text with EEA relevance.

Further information:

The Recommendation utlines a set of policy measures aimed at addressing early school leaving and the low achievement in basic skills of 15-year-olds, in particular of those stemming from a disadvantaged background. These measures address the needs of learners, teachers and trainers, of schools, and education systems. They include monitoring, prevention, intervention, and compensation, but with a strong focus on prevention and early intervention. The proposal also calls for increased attention to wellbeing at school, which has a strong impact on educational outcomes and is a key component of school success.

The draft text was adopted by the European Commission on 30 June 2022. It follows up on the assessment concerning the implementation of a previous Council Recommendation addressing school leaving, which it sought to repeal and replace. It was adopted by the Council of the European Union on 28 November 2022 and published in the Official Journal on 9 December 2022.

Official

EUR-LEX: COM(2022)316: Proposal for a Council Recommendation on Pathways to School Success https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2022:316:FIN

EUR-LEX: SWD(2022)176: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2022:176:FIN

European Commission: European Education Area (EEA) https://education.ec.europa.eu/about-eea

European Commission: Press Release, 30/06/2022: Pathways to School Success: Commission presents concrete measures to improve educational outcomes https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_4200

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 28/11/2022: Council takes action to boost school success of children across the EU https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/11/28/council-takes-action-to-boost-school-success-of-children-across-the-eu/

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