Through the Europe 2020 strategy, the European Union plans to support young people better and to enable them to fully develop their talents to their own as well as to their economy’s and society’s benefit.
One of the main obstacles to the full achievement of this ambitious objective is the persistent high rate of youngsters leaving school before having completed their compulsory learning pathway and before having achieved a certification that guarantee to them to be competitive within the job market.
In the “Tackling early school leaving: A key contribution to the Europe 2020 Agenda” document a close connection between early school leaving and unemployment has been highlighted and declared “In 2009, 52% of early school leavers in the EU were unemployed or outside the labour market. Even when they are in work, they earn less, tend to be in more precarious jobs, and are more often dependent on social assistance. They participate less in lifelong learning and thus re-training. Their educational disadvantage can create a growing handicap for them.
Teachers could enhance pupils’ motivation to learn and to stay at school through programming ROBOTS as teaching and learning tool for promoting students interest in ASTEM and active participation to school activities.
The AIM of SRS project is to enable students to understand ESTEAM challenging subjects, encourage them to develop critical thinking skills, grow their ideas, and make their own creations through playful learning experiences applying ESTEAM concepts, promote inclusion and prevent early school leaving