Government Recognizes Decline of Education Level

The ministry of education now recognizes publicly that the competence of schoolchildren in mathematics and languages has declined. The inspector general of the Education Inspectorate, Annette Roeters admits that currently 15% of pupils perform poorly compared with 10% in 2000. The inspectorate says that the time spent at school is used less efficiently nowadays and the quality of teaching has declined.
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