European Education Area Progress Report 2021

Education and Training Monitor 2021

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Education and training statistics
Access European statistics regarding EU education and traning policy (Eurostat, Erasmus+, PISA, ICILS...)

Eurydice
Eurydice is a network of 40 national units based in 37 countries of the Erasmus+ programme. Its task is to explain how education systems are organised in Europe and how they work.
Eurydice publishes description of national education systems, comparative reports devoted to specific topics, indicators and statistics, as well as news and articles related to the field of education.
In the field of the education statistics, the report 'Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe - 2021: Overview of major reforms since 2015' was published on 9 December 2021

European Education Area
The European Education Area seeks to foster cooperation between European Union (EU) and Member States to further enrich the quality and inclusiveness of national education and training systems and create by 2025 a genuine European space of learning, which benefits all learners, teachers and institutions.

More information:

  • Commission Communication on Achieving the European Education Area by 2025 (published on 30 September 2020) setting out a series of means and milestones along six dimensions (quality, Inclusion and gender equality, green and digital transitions, teachers and trainers, higher education, geopolitical dimension).
  • Factsheet 'Achieving the European Education Area by 2025' (September 2020)
  • Council Resolution on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area and beyond (2021-2030) adopted on 18 February 2021

Sustainable development goal in education (SDG 4 - Quality education)
This Eurostat webpage provides an overview of statistical data on SDG 4 'Quality education' in the European Union, which aims to ensure incusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. It is based on the set of EU SDG indicators for monitoring of progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an EU context.