In support of the 2014 European Semester, EU education ministers adopted conclusions on efficient and innovative education and training to invest in skills.
Ministers emphasised that the EU education and training systems should play a fundamental role in ensuring that young people and low-skilled adults acquire skills and competences that match the needs of today's labour market.
With a view to increasing the visibility of education and training in the 2014 European Semester, the Council agreed to focus on:
- facilitating long-term investment in the modernisation of education and training and the development of skills
- equipping people in all age groups with better and more relevant skills
- smoothing the transition from school to work, notably by promoting work-based schemes
- continuing to modernise and improve educational methods and making full use of the digital learning opportunities.
The conclusions invite the member states to adopt effective and inclusive education and training policies which take due account of the needs of learners with disadvantaged backgrounds and to incorporate digital forms of learning into mainstream education.
The conclusions are a first response to the education aspects of the 2014Annual Growth Survey, which launches the European Semester, and to the findings of the two recent surveys by the OECD: PISA and PIAAC.
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