Education and Training Monitor 2025 (European Commission)

Summary

• The Education and Training Monitor comprises a comparative report, 27 country reports and an online toolbox, tracking progress towards seven EU-level targets.§1
• One EU-level target is at least 96% participation in early childhood education and care by 2030.§1
• Another target is to keep the share of early leavers from education and training below 9% by 2030.§1
• The Union of Skills proposes that at least 45% of students in initial medium-level VET be enrolled in STEM fields by 2030.§2
• For tertiary education, the proposal is that at least 32% of students be enrolled in STEM fields by 2030.§2
• The 2025 report has seven chapters and a thematic focus on STEM.§4

Key insights

1. The target on underachievement in reading, mathematics and science is below 15% by 2030.§1
2. The target for recent VET graduates with work-based learning is at least 60% by 2025.§1
3. The Union of Skills proposes that at least 5% of students be enrolled in ICT PhD programmes by 2030.§2
4. The Commission suggests two additional thematic targets, one on civic education and one on equity.§3
5. Earlier editions focused on inclusion and equity (2022), the teaching profession (2023) and learning for sustainability (2024).§4