The role of VET in reducing early leaving from education and training

Related Cedefop Publications

Better vocational options lead to fewer dropouts from education and training http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/news/24055.aspx

Keeping young people in (vocational) education: what works? http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications/22244.aspx

Labour market prospects deteriorate for early leavers from education and training http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/articles/20740.aspx

Young people from a migrant background at greater risk of leaving education and training early http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/articles/20045.aspx

Trends in VET policy in Europe 2010-12. Progress towards the Bruges Communiqué http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/publications/20814.aspx

Keeping young people in education longer: steady progress in Europe in 2013

http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/statistics-and-indicators/statistics-and-graphs/keeping-young-people

EU Related Publications

Reducing early school leaving: key messages and policy support http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-framework/doc/esl-group-report_en.pdf

Report of the conference of the European Network of Education Councils, Vilnius, 18-20 November 2013 with the support of DGEAC http://www.eunec.eu/sites/www.eunec.eu/files/event/attachments/report_vilnius.pdf

Preventing early school leaving – Lessons learned from second chance education http://ec.europa.eu/education/library/study/2013/second-chance_en.pdf

Reducing early School Leaving in Europe (RESL.eu) Project Papers https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/projects/resl-eu/research-content/project-papers/.

Related European Policy Context

Council Recommendation of 28 June 2011 on policies to reduce early school leaving http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:191:0001:0006:EN:PDF

Council Conclusions on the role of education and training in the implementation of the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:070:0001:0003:EN:PDF

The Bruges Communiqué on enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training for the period 2011-2020 http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/doc/vocational/bruges_en.pdf

Europe 2020. A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/employment_and_social_policy/eu2020/em0028_en.htm

The Education and Training Monitor 2013: an annual report that illustrates the evolution of education and training systems across Europe taking into account a variety of benchmarks and indicators, as well as recent studies and policy developments http://ec.europa.eu/education/library/publications/monitor13_en.pdf

The European Commission issues yearly reports on the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy. They include policy recommendations or warnings, policy proposals to attain the objectives of the strategy and specific assessment of progress achieved http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/making-it-happen/country-specific-recommendations/index_en.htm