Pathways to school success

Pathways to School Success, a flagship initiative of the European Education Area, aims to boost the inclusive dimension of education by supporting EU Member States in reducing low achievement in basic skills and increasing secondary education attainment. It builds on the experience of the 2011 Council Recommendation on policies to reduce early school leaving. It also puts an emphasis on role of pupil's well-being for educational success. The Council Resolution on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area and beyond (2021-2030) supports this action and sets EU-level targets for 2030: the share of low-achieving 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics and science should be less than 15% and the share of early leavers from education and training less than 9%. The proposal for a new Council Recommendation sets out a policy framework to work jointly towards these objectives.