The Future of Education

The European project Non4Lesl (Non-Formal-Learning Can Prevent Early School Leaving)  is funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 2 - Strategic Partnership. This European project aims at preventing early school leaving through the recognition of non-formal learning and the production of a tool for the validation of the skills acquired through informal educational paths. In particular, the Non4Lesl project has developed a new innovative multi-dimensional method - an open educational resource validation tool - to be used additionally to the assessment procedures, thus contributing to the efforts for reducing Early School Leaving and improving students' performance in schools. The Non4Lesl tool is based on a holistic view of students’ learning, drawn away from subject boundaries that will present and validate skills, knowledge and competences acquired through non-formal and also informal learning related to the key competences and transversal skills, defined by the European Union as one of the objectives of the Europe2020 Strategy. The Non4Lesl project can be assigned to measures taken for intervention at the school level, since it addresses many of the aspects being explored by the EU countries. At the same time, it has elements for prevention of ESL, as it is geared towards students at risk in order to motivate them to change their decision.