Abstract:

The present work emphasizes on the aims and objectives in relation to the skills required to be cultivated in primary school students through the Greek primary education curricula (2003) and (2021). According to the European Commission’s Communication “Rethinking education: investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes” (2012), the European Commission’s Communication “New Skills Agenda for Europe: Working together to strengthen human capital, employability and competitiveness” (2016), the European Commission’s Communication “Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 Resetting education and training for the digital age” (2020) and the European Commission’s Communication "Communication - European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience" (2020) there are many skills that should be cultivated in schools in order to have better outcomes in labour market.
For this work it is compared the main goals for European Commission with the goals of the Greek curricula in terms of skills that required for the labour market.
The method that was used was the qualitative content analysis in the texts of the curricula based on the required skills.
The results show that the texts of the primary education curricula from Greece have common references with the mentioned above European Commission's Communications.
Regarding the content of the curricula, it is observed that the goals and aspirations are linked to the development of the personality and the cultivation of skills related to employability.
The new foundations are laid for a more substantial connection of school education with the labour market, the currricula will contribute, among others, to tackling unemployment, social exclusion and any form of social pathology.
In the conclusions it is stated that there are goals of the curricula which are aimed to cultivate skills in students that will be necessary for their life as adults and workers.

Keywords:

Curricula, primary education, labour market.