Belgium (Flanders), the Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden and the UK were part of the study (Photo: Night Owl City)

Education report to 'scare' EU ministers into action

Health & Society

by Honor Mahony, Brussels,

Policy-makers are hoping a first-ever assessment of education standards across EU states will "scare the dickens" out of politicians as vast differences in standards and quality are revealed between countries.

The study on literacy, numeracy and IT skills, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a Paris-based economic club, and the European Commission on Tuesday (8 October) contains a "goldmine" of information about 17 EU states and six other countries, ...