Despite a general improvement in education and training performance in the EU, progress is too slow, which means that the majority of the reform targets set for 2010 will not be reached. This is the main conclusion from the ‘Commission Progress Report towards the Lisbon Objectives in Education and Training – Indicators and Benchmarks 2009’.
This annual report, co-authored by scientists of the JRC’s Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) – Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning (CRELL), looks at Member States’ progress towards five key benchmarks in education and training for 2010.