The project aims to strengthen the capacity of schools to develop key competences through innovative pedagogical approaches, methods and practices to combat and prevent phenomena of school dropout.The main goal is to reduce the gap between professional training and the needs of gastronomic companies. Healthy food aims to change the mind, motivate students and give them development tools appropriate to the current times. For this we have to improve teaching and bring it closer to the companies and the new reality. It will be implemented with collaborative work with business associations, local entities and volunteers such as recognized chefs and different professionals areas related to the field of New technologies and training, Education, Languages, Sciences, Arts, Sports, Cooking with the use of ICTs to motivate students in the Teaching-Learning process.The strategies to combat school dropout in our project are focused on prevention and educational experimentation to the need to improve the quality and efficiency of education and training: New learning methodologies for socio-labor inclusion applying an holistic approach and flexible pedagogies.
This project was developed to address the growing needs of secondary schools in partner countries in combating school dropout and early school leaving. The phenomenon of school dropout, known in community statistics as School Early Leaving, presents various nuances at the continental level. Its prevalence is proportional to socio-economic and demographic indicators, the focus on overal cultural development and lifelong learning, the presence of social workers in the area, the distribution of schools and their connectivity. Additionally, it is closely linked to the overall health of the educational system, which at the continental level suffers from a severe lack of investment, often correlated with dropout rates.In 2010, the European average for school dropouts was 14%. By 2022, the percentage had decreased to 10.2%, approaching the 10% target set by the Europe 2020 strategy. However, some countries still have high dropout rates: Spain (17.3%), Malta (16.7%), and Romania (15.3%). Other member states have also failed to meet the 10% target, including Bulgaria (13.9%), Italy (13.5%), Hungary (11.8%), Portugal (10.6%), and Germany (10.3%).