Policy Paper on Early Education Leaving
Adopted at the General Assembly, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 13-15 November 2008.
Early education leaving is one of the biggest problems of the formal education system as one in 6 young people in Europe leave formal education without the necessary competences and qualifications to enter the labour market successfully and to be a fully active citizen. It is also a problem that affects more than just those young people who exit their education prematurely. As it is an issue of equity in education, it is a problem for society, the state, employers, the private sector, civil society, and local communities: consequently, cooperation is needed to tackle it. In this paper, the YFJ duly outlines the concept and realities of early school leaving in Europe, and further proposes concrete policy measures for different actors to deal with the issue of early education leaving.
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