Results of the Transnational Comparative Study on the Math Educational Needs in Baltic States

Abstract

In this new era of knowledge and creative society, there is a need and importance to prepare intellectual professionals and specialists for the labour market. Because of changes in the social, technological, educational and other environments, the information, knowledge and skills gets older very quickly, so there is constant need for lifelong learning and permanent renewing of acquired skills. Europe 2020 puts forward three mutually reinforcing priorities: (1) smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation; (2) sustainable growth: promoting a more resource efficient, greener and more competitive economy; (3) inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion. The most important priority of Lifelong Learning programme is to increase the input in educational sphere by contributing to one of the priority initiatives in the „Europe 2020“- "an agenda for new skills and jobs" to modernise labour markets and empower people by developing their of skills throughout the lifecycle with a view to increase labour participation and better match labour supply and demand, including through labour mobility