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Explore the impact of democratization, economic transition, and educational changes in Central Europe post-2004 EU membership. Discover the evolving societies, educational performance, and future challenges in the region.
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Social and educationalchangeinCentral Europe Janos Setenyi GCEE Budapest 2009
From rag toriches • Lack of long-lastingdemocratictraditions (exceptofCzechoslovakia) • Demoralizingeffect of communistrule • Inheritedeconomiccrisis and thehighcosts of economicchange/transition • Peacefultransition (except of Romania) todemocracy • Stablegovernments and publicadministration • Economicrevival and growthsincethe mid 90s period • Reasonablygoodinfrastructure and improvedenvironmentalconditions • EU-membershipin 2004
Changingsocieties • Expansion of secondary and highereducation, • Expansion of white-collarjobs and service economy, collapse of thetraditionalindustries, • University degree’srate of returnstillveryhigh, • The richcountriesprovidesocialbenefits, thepoorersendtheunemployedtothe West (Poland, Romania) • The rise of the Roma (no thirdworldmigrationyet)
Educational performance ininternationalcomparison PISA 2006 readingskills
Educational performance ininternationalcomparison PISA 2006, lowperformingstudents (%)
Averageliteracy performance of studentsaccordingtosecondaryschooltypes, PISA 2006
Futurechallenges • Create a newsocietywithdemocraticvalues, entrepreneurship and highfertility • Improvelanguageeducation • Developvocationaleducationtotrainhighlyskilledworkforceforfutureeconomy • Createsomeworldclassuniversitiesintheregion • Mobilizinginnovationinordertoclimbupontheglobalvaluechain • Improvethesocialintergation of thedisadvantagedgroups (especiallythe Roma) • Start a socialdialogueonmassmigrationfromthe South/East