Traduction de «Directeur d'école de métiers au niveau secondaire » (Français → Anglais) :

It is difficult to see why the EU in particular should regulate in detail the number of hours of physical education at school, not only for primary school pupils but also for secondary school pupils.

5. Calls on the Member States and competent authorities to provide physical education teachers with training in the issue of gender by including this aspect in their curriculum; calls for an end to the downgrading of the status of physical education as a subject and of the status of PE teachers; stresses the importance of the possibility of sports coeducation for children at nursery and primary schools as well as the option of having either sports coeducation or single sex classes from secondary level onwards in order to encourage girls to try out sports traditionally practiced by men ; stresses the need to explore alternative forms o ...[+++]f physical activity, which could be practiced on an optional basis, preferably outside compulsory state education;

In fact, in 2003-2004, in only four schools were more than one-third of pupils children of EU officials (the three schools in Brussels and that in Luxembourg): in all the others, more than two-thirds of pupils fell into Category II or III. Fees are charged to cover the full cost per Category II pupil: fees of up to EUR 3 657 per year (the level of fees depends on parental income) were charged for Category III pupils at secondary level (the fees for primary and nursery pupils are lower).

(EN) The Council would point out that the Comenius action, which is part of the current Socrates Educational action programme (2000-2006), already provides for mobility and partnerships for schools, including at secondary level.

We now need to build upon that success by mainstreaming that experience, so that it moves beyond the pilot stage into all schools; improving the way in which we deal with transition phases from one school to another - so that success in primary education is effectively built upon in secondary; and ensuring the availability of mother-tongue foreign language speakers in schools who can help children develop their skills beyond the capacity of normal primary or secondary teachers.

Note: Educational levels are defined as "high" if the individual has completed tertiary education, as "medium" if upper-secondary education, and as "low" if less than upper-secondary education. Employment, unemployment and activity rates in the column "Total education" are calculated on the basis of the LFS for all individuals with non-missing information on the educational attainment level.