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"Mr President, the Lisbon Strategy states that the Union must become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. In order to achieve this goal, a widespread educational transformation must be set in motion.
In our increasingly materialistic and purely economy-based societies, it is not surprising that many policy makers have wrongly understood this transformation to mean mainly the mass production of first class economists, scientists and other professionals, and have accordingly given most weight to the achievement of this aim. I believe this to be profoundly wrong and I am particularly happy that Mr Bono also agrees with this in his excellent report.
Not every child in our schools will grow to become an Einstein; neither would many of us like to live in a world full of Einsteins. We undoubtedly need a few fast-track academic achievers and we must give them every possible opportunity to reach their highest potential. However, in a humanistic, caring society we also need the ‘not-so-brilliant’ as well as the poor achievers. We must also care for them with equal zeal.
Sadly, many of our much-discussed educational systems are still unable to cope with those children that need extra help. They are unable to deal with the special needs of the physically disabled or those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia, which accounts for approximately 10% of our student population. Equally, they are unable to deal with the special needs of children from problematic socio-economic backgrounds and disturbed situations.
It is not, therefore, surprising – but it is rather disturbing – that according to a UNESCO report in the mid-90s, more than 2 million Britons, Mr Beazley, were completely illiterate. This comes from a country which is known to have an educational system of a high standard.
I believe that the report by Mr Bono is excellent and we must support it. I am sorry I do not have enough time to conclude."@en1
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