Europe is falling further behind the US and Asia in education, with Germany and France no longer among world leaders in developing knowledge, an expert from the Paris-based economic institute, the OECD, has stated.
According to Andreas Schleicher, the author of the report written for the Lisbon Council, Europe's educational systems should "be made more flexible, more effective and more easily accessible to a wider range of people," to stand up to global competition.
He points out ...
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