Education and Training Monitor 2016 – Greece

European Commission/Education and Training Monitor 2016 – Greece/November 2016

• Early school leaving and tertiary educational attainment rates improved significantly and are now better than the EU average.
• Performance is disappointing on basic skills attainment by young people and adults, and on participation in vocational education and training as well as in adult learning.
• A national dialogue on education and a review of the education system are highlighting key problems such as serious underfunding, teacher staffing, equity and efficiency.
• The reversal of previous reforms aimed at increasing transparency, accountability and evaluation in schools and higher education is a matter of concern.
• Greece has adopted sectoral strategies on higher education, vocational education and lifelong learning. Their implementation will be a challenge.
• The impact of the refugee crisis on the Greek education sector remains fairly limited for the time being, but might have more far-reaching consequences in the future.

Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις

• Turner, Adair, (2016), “ The Skills Delusion”, Social Europe, 7 Νοεμβρίου
• Eurostat/A statistical portrait of the European Union compared with the 15 non-EU G-20 countries/166/2016 – 2 September 2016