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Poor performance of children at school threatens the EU economy – UNIAN
It is noted that the number of people who have problems with basic skills is increasing.
Children's maths and reading scores have “significantly deteriorated” in most European Union countries. This poses a huge risk to the economy going forward.
Politico writes that failure rates—when students fail to achieve minimum proficiency levels—have been rising over the past 12 years, and 2022 saw a sharp decline in basic skills, possibly as a result of school closures due to the pandemic.
The EU is currently far from its target of reducing the failure rate to 15% by 2030. Almost one in three 15-year-olds lack basic math skills, and one in four fail…
