Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-07-Speech-3-328"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European schools2
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050907.22.3-328"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-07-Speech-3-3292
lpv:speaker	lp:Ljudmila Novak2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Nova Slovenija (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I have heard a lot of good things about the European schools from parents. However, as a result of more complex organisation and the large number of pupils, certain deficiencies have begun to appear, and particularly since the accession of the new Member States last year, when the number of pupils increased significantly. Some schools have been over-subscribed and this has impacted on the quality of the teaching. Increased demand also requires more funds to be earmarked. The first year at school is particularly stressful, both for parents and for pupils, as from day one they have to cope with adapting to a new environment, a new language, new classmates and new teachers, so the understanding of teachers during this period of integration is essential. The greatest difficulties are experienced by those pupils who have to follow most subjects in a foreign language. Pupils who know a foreign language at a conversational level also have problems in specific subjects like chemistry, geography, maths and so on. The children attending these schools have varying talents and some are more hard-working than others, and not all of them can meet the demands of the programme leading to the European school leaving examination (baccalaureate). It is therefore necessary for pupils to have the possibility of receiving a different school leaving certificate and not only the certificate that they have passed the school leaving examination. Likewise there is insufficient provision for children with special needs, who require a greater degree of accommodation and specially trained teachers. In overcrowded classes teachers cannot devote sufficient attention to children with special needs or those with learning and social difficulties. In any event we should praise the efforts of all those who are striving to ensure high-quality teaching and assistance in the integration of and familiarisation with multicultural Europe. We should try to ensure that as many children as possible can use their mother tongue for at least some of the time in the European schools, or when they finish school they will have a great deal of knowledge but will not be able to use their own mother tongue correctly."@en1

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