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Education falls within the competence of the Member States and we reject any attempt to change this established fact. To call this division of responsibilities into question is to support the increasing array of liberal-market choices appearing in education issues.
The reports therefore clearly take this approach, with, in particular, the shift from ‘contents’ towards ‘skills’. In other words, qualifications gained as part of a degree are being overshadowed in favour of ‘flexible’ skill sets
for which companies alone are responsible. This approach backs up the logic of liberal counter-reforms that are taking hold in many countries. In the same way, from this viewpoint, ‘life-long learning’ goes hand in hand with drastic cutbacks in initial training and playing down the role of public training institutions - in favour of ‘virtual’, distance learning that is increasingly market-oriented.
On the other hand, information and ICT technologies must support the right to common, public education for all, which is of a high level and good quality.
Financial investment in this area will not achieve this if all the funds ploughed into education for the last 15 years are also drastically reduced. We cannot, therefore, vote in favour of these reports."@en1
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