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"Madam President, I should like to congratulate the Commission and Mrs Martens on her report, although I must admit that, like a pupil at night school, all I can think about is going home to bed. This is a detailed and, I think, exemplary programme of work because it systematically links the objectives, the indicators and the timetable, thereby giving us a benchmark. But what we have to ask ourselves is, what sort of benchmark is it if, when it comes to the crunch, we shy away from a real policy of educational convergence at European level. We ignore the main differences, we are not willing or perhaps able to do anything about them or our priorities lie elsewhere and we use the Bologna method to set targets which every Member State has yet to meet. I have my doubts, which I have already voiced to Mrs Reding. Nonetheless, I think that it is a benchmark and we shall see in a few years' time how hard it is for some and how close others have come to it. But I think dialogue is indispensable, and not just at the level of Parliament. We need to find a way of formulating an opinion and a view before we are presented with
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Teachers are strongly resisting indicators, at least in Greece. Most indicators are quantitative, only a few are qualitative, meaning that the picture we get will not always be the most accurate, and we do need the most accurate picture. I also share Mrs Martens' view that we need more indicators on education systems, not just training systems. And here the Commission proposal really is one-sided. I know we are all worried about unemployment, I know that we want to leave school with prospects of getting a job rather than joining the dole queue, but a general education for young children is equally valuable."@en1
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