sustaining foundations
creating alternatives
increasing employability
The Current Context, our Beliefs and Values
The Ministry for Education and Employment is committed to consolidate
and build on the successes achieved in education and employment in the
past, and recognises the challenges of an ever-evolving and competitive
world.
The Ministry positions itself at the forefront to provide present and future
generations with the necessary skills and talents for employability and
citizenship in the 21st century.
The Ministry is proposing a coherent strategy for lifelong learning
opportunities from early childhood education and care to adult learning.
How does Malta compare?
100% of our 4 year olds (against the 93.2% EU average) attend early childhood and care (ET
2020 Benchmark is set at 95%)
45% (1623) of our 10 year olds (3607) (against the 20% international average) scored lower
than the Intermediate International Benchmark in reading literacy (PIRLS)
24% (866) of our 10 year olds (against the 44% international average) are at the High
International Benchmark in reading literacy (PIRLS)
37% (1335) of our 10 year olds (against the 31% international average) are at the Low or
below the Low International Benchmark in mathematics (TIMSS)
59% (2128) of our 10 year olds (against the 28% international average) are at the Low or
below the Low International Benchmark in science (TIMSS)
How does Malta compare?
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36.3% (1253) of our 15 year olds (3453) (against the 19.6% EU average) are at
Level 1 or lower in reading (ET 2020 Benchmark is set at 15%)
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33.7% (1164) of our 15 year olds (against the 22.2% EU average) are at Level 1
or lower in mathematics (ET 2020 Benchmark is set at 15%)
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32.5% (1122) of our 15 year olds (against the 17.7% EU average) are at Level 1
or lower in science (ET 2020 Benchmark is set at 15%)
How does Malta compare?
22.6% of our 18-24 year olds (against the 12.7% EU average) are early
leavers from education and training (Europe 2020 target is set at 10%)
22.4% of our 30-34 year olds (against the 35.7% EU average) obtained
tertiary educational attainment (Europe 2020 target is set at 40%)
91.9% of our 20-34 year old graduates (against the 75.7% EU average)
are employed (ET 2020 Benchmark is set at 82%)
7% of our 25-64 year olds (against the 9% EU average) participate in
lifelong learning (ET 2020 Benchmark is set at 15%)
Charting our Course of Action
Among the main objectives of this Education Strategy are:
• to increase the current participation and quality education in early childhood
education and care.
• to provide a relevant curriculum built on a learning outcomes approach.
• to cultivate student engagement and motivation, and to promote high aspirations in
learning.
• to update the existing learning programmes and modes of assessment in both general
and vocational and training education.
• to increase the number of our 10-year olds who reach Intermediate and Advanced
International Benchmarks in reading, mathematics, IT, and science and technology.
Charting our Course of Action
• to decrease the number of our low-achievers among our 15-year olds and decrease the early
school leavers’ rate and dropouts, particularly in initial vocational training.
• to enhance the teaching profession by providing teachers with the relevant continuous
professional development, the right support and conditions to maximize their teaching skills.
• to support apprenticeship, traineeship, work-based and work-placed learning initiatives, in
the context of lifelong learning.
• to accredit and certify experiential and work-based learning.
• to link much better the two worlds of education and employment, and to ensure the
relevance of MCAST and the University of Malta to sustain the current employment rate of
our graduates (20-34 years), and also improve the skill base of our 25 to 64 year olds.
Four measureable targets
The framework for the Education Strategy for Malta 2014-2024 has four
broad goals:
1.
reduce the gaps and raise the bar in educational outcomes;
2.
support educational achievement of children at-risk-of-poverty,
and reduce the high incidence of early school-leavers;
3.
raise levels of student retainment and attainment in further,
vocational, and tertiary education and training; and
4.
increase participation in lifelong and adult learning.
Strategic Pillars
Seven strategic pillars to support Malta's strategic objectives:
Governance of Education Organisations
Quality of Education Provision
Student Focus
Social Dimension
International Dimension
Strategic Innovation
Performance Dashboards
On Target through National Engagement
Together we build more effective synergies between education, the
economy and civil society and between the educational resources in
Malta and those at European level.
To achieve what we consider as realistic and ambitious targets, the
Ministry for Education and Employment will consult all stakeholders on
the plan of education for 2014-2024.
You are invited to engage in a constructive dialogue on the challenges
and the opportunities that education face in the coming decade, to
draw up a strategy that will result in economic growth, prosperity and
a better quality of life for all the people living on the islands of Malta
and Gozo.
The Consultation Process
Consultation period is from February 21 to May 31, 2014
Types of Consultation
• Informational
• Deliberative Consultations
• Involving/Devolving
Methods of Consultation
• Face-to-Face
• Focus Groups
• Groups
• Seminars and workshops
• Online
[email protected]
education.gov.mt/strategy