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dcterms:Date	"2008-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Progress report on the reform of the European schools (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20080925.22.4-214"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-09-25-Speech-4-2152
lpv:speaker	lp:Hannu Takkula2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 vice-chair; CULT (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, firstly I would like to say on behalf of my group that it is true that the present system is fairly complicated. It needs to be simplified, and we know that matters of education basically fall within the competence of the Member States, though in the case of the European Schools it also lies with the Union. Wherever there are EU agencies there must also be European Schools. That is a basic principle, and we should also remember that our various strategies allow us to tell the citizens of Europe that education is always an investment in the future. It is on that basis that we should act in the case of the European Schools. I would next like to raise a few points concerning education. The first concerns the extent to which it is free. I think that we in Europe should have a debate on making all education free, whatever school we are talking about. Every child and young person should have the chance of a good education and the opportunity to benefit from good teaching, and not having to pay is one guarantee of that. I think that if the Member States want this and if we really believe that education is an investment in the future, we can achieve this goal. It is also important that teaching is done in the student’s mother tongue, as that is the basis of identity. Children and young people at European schools come from different cultures and different nations. It is important that they are taught in their own language, but is also vital to remember that we need special teaching facilities and also that students need to be taught cultural awareness, as they are often rootless, coming as they do from one country to another, which is a new and alien environment. For that reason we should also make sure of their overall personal development and growth as human beings. This is also the basis for European human rights policy and the European notion of humanity. As for the special facilities I mentioned, class sizes are one thing that could be invested in. Class sizes must not be too large and every child should be given the chance to receive tailor-made options. I will end by saying that the real educational standards amongst us Europeans will be measured in terms of how we treat those close to us who are worse off and how we look after children and young people, and the European schools are a shop window for the world. What are our actual standards of education and how do we look after our young people? Are we prepared to invest in them and their future? I hope that Europe can afford to do that and that it does actually invest in children and young people and in the European schools."@en1
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