Eurydice

The agreement between the government and a large majority of the political parties in the Danish parliament aims at limiting the public spending with the students from EU and EEA countries who receive Danish SU (State Educational Grant). In this line, a reduced number of courses will be offered in English at higher education institutions.

The French Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sport wants schools to offer each pupil a setting in which they can develop and progress. In September 2021, the Ministry therefore launched a twofold plan to combat harassment and to prevent racism, anti-Semitism, sexism and LGBTphobia.

The Austrian frame concept of education standards puts a focus on the acquisition of basic subject-specific competences, as defined by the “Bildungsstandards” – Education standards – decree, as a prerequisite for sustainable and lifelong learning.

In September 2021, the Council of Ministers approved the draft of the Organic Law on the Organization and Integration of Vocational Training. In this last quarter of the year, its parliamentary proceedings will be carried out in both houses, the Congress and the Senate. The text aims to allow a more flexible system that responds to citizens’ demands for vocational training.

During the academic year 2020-2021, the Ministry for Education in Malta re-opened all its State Schools with all the necessary preventive measures.

The Ministry made available around 12,000 recorded lessons on demand accessible on www.teleskola.mt , free of charge, covering all syllabi from pre-primary to Year 11; opened three virtual schools for vulnerable students from primary, middle and secondary schools, and opened a summer catch up educational programme. 

On 6 August and 10 September 2021, the Government approved two Law-Decrees containing urgent measures to contrast Covid-19 pandemic for the academic year 2021/2022. The measures apply to all institutions of the State and Regional education and training systems. 

In brief, the Decrees establish that:

In June 2021, the Government of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Strategy for the national Development of Education by 2030. This is a comprehensive strategy referring to all education levels from ISCED 0 to ISCED 8, to adult education, teacher education and horizontal aspects of the educational system.  

Last August, the government and the majority of parties in Danish parliament decided on an agreement to improve opportunities for higher education in Denmark. 

The political vision is to ensure access to education in all regions of Denmark and to curb the demographic development where people gradually are moving from rural to urban areas.  Among other matters, the parties agreed to: 

The Government appointed the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) to conduct a monitoring exercise and reporting on the effects of the pandemics in higher education.  Recently, UKÄ received and additional assignment: to assess the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on widening access to higher education.  

Over one billion PLN will be allocated to the National Reading Development Programme (NPRCz) 2.0 for 2021-2025, to support the various forms of promoting reading habits in Poland.  NPRCz 2.0 is an extension of the previous Programme, implemented during 2016-2020 and is the largest and one of the most important – in terms of scale, impact sought and budget – amongst the national multi-annual Programmes.