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INSPIRING ERA: Valorising Horizon Europe’s Project Results for the ERA Policy Agenda

In 2025, the European Research Area (ERA) initiative is celebrating its 25th anniversary since its launch to advance Europe’s research and innovation vision and ambition to become a global leader in scientific progress.

Systematic Failure, Persistence and Success – A Table of Early School Leavers

In Europe, around one in 10 students (18-24 years old) is an ‘early school leaver’. For Malta, it is one in five. A fifth of our local student population is neither in school, nor in training, and with less than five SEC exams under their belt, Malta’s public education investment (~6% GDP) is not seeing much fruit. Cassi Camilleri speaks to Prof. Carmel Borg about what is needed to abandon the antiquated system our communities are being marred by. Photography by Elisa von Brockdorff.

#research cassi camilleri Children development early school leavers economy education elisa von brockdorff europe future malta maltese government MCAST Milosh Raykov Prof. Carmel Borg pupils school schooling system students Youth Guarantee programme