Key Data Series

Building on the previous Eurydice publications on information and communication technologies in schools in Europe, this report focuses on the evolution of ICT use in education and the changes it has brought about in national policies and practices concerning teaching methods, contents and evaluation processes. It examines the EU key competences as well as the promotion of transversal skills and the role of ICT in this process. It also sheds light on the strategies used in countries to train and support teachers in the use of ICT.

The 2011 edition provides a set of indicators and insights which can be used to strengthen the impact of ICT use to promote innovation in educational processes and to foster the creative development of students and their digital competences. The latter is one of the priority areas of the EU's Education and Training 2020 strategy. 

Key Data on Education in Europe sets out a very wide variety of both qualitative and quantitative indicators on different aspects of education systems in 31 European countries.

The report presents a comparative analysis on how the education systems are organised, the human and financial resources invested in them, teaching processes and qualifications awarded.

See also:

- Press memo of 16/07/2009
- Press Release:

The second edition of this report gives a clear picture of the language teaching systems in place in the schools of 31 countries covered by the Eurydice Network. It covers aspects ranging from foreign language learning at a very early age, the variety of languages learnt, the taught time at various education levels, the proportion of language learners at each level, content and language integrated learning (CLIL) to the training of teachers of foreign languages from primary to secondary general education.

See also:

- Press release : available in 23 languages
- Press memo of 21 November 2008
- National Press release:

Access to higher education, role of the public and private sectors, level of enrolment in the various programmes and fields of study, funding issues, fees and mobility are some of the issues explored in this first edition of Key Data on higher education.

Press releases:

- European Press release:
- National Press release:

This report uses 35 indicators on computerisation, use of computers by pupils, place of ICT in the curriculum and teachers training on this issue to appraise the situation in 30 European countries. Information provided by the Eurydice network are completed by data gathered in the PISA 2000 survey (OECD) and the PIRLS 2001 survey (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement - IEA).

Press releases:

- European Press release:
- National Press release: Iceland