How will your university degree be received in another EU country? Will it be worth anything? Should educational systems be harmonised across the EU? MEPs address the concerns of young Europeans.

Q&A: Education in Europe

Hello, I'm Jago Moons. I'm 21 years old   and I come from Belgium.

I'd like to know why diplomas   are valued differently across the EU?

The question of degrees   and diplomas in Europe

The Bologna process began   addressing the gaps 10 years ago.

And now we have   a common education area in Europe

in which all the degrees   and diplomas are comparable

and in which all students, not only   in the EU but in 45 European countries,

Would it be possible to create a common   school system in all European countries,

in order to remove   the obstacles between the countries?

Only at the higher cycle   at university level.

There we have the LMD reform   which allows for this coherence

but at school level   it would be difficult, given the diversity.

I'd like to remind you that   'United in Diversity' is the EU motto.

How do we control when people stop   going to school? Should it be the same?

School leaving age is very similar all over   Europe, between 16 and 18 years.

But what's more important   than leaving at the same age,

is that students all over the EU   gain the same knowledge.

My name is Igor Caldeira   and I'm Portuguese.

Wouldn't it be better   if the Europe 2020 strategy

On guaranteeing that all students   who finish secondary education

that allow them to find a job   in the labour market?

In the EU, 1 in 4 under-15-year-olds   who leave school cannot read properly.

we need good basic schooling   in reading and writing

I wonder what the deal is   with internships.

How could they be recognised at EU level   in the framework of education?

Both secondary and tertiary education   should be more closely linked to praxis.

Developing skills and praxis   is a part of the learning process.

In the framework of the Bologna reform,   the reform of European higher education,