WRITTEN QUESTION E-1807/02 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Ineffective implementation of a supplementary teaching programme in Greece.
Date: 2002-06-24
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU financing, Greece, backwardness at school, education policy, technical education

5.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 301 E/233

(2002/C 301 E/245)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1807/02

by Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(24 June 2002)

Subject: Ineffective implementation of a supplementary teaching programme in Greece

Funds are being provided under
framework for a supplementary teaching
programme for secondary schools. In view of complaints regarding the effectiveness of the programme,
can the Commission say whether it is satisfied with the way in which the secondary school supplementary
teaching programme is being implemented?

the common support

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(1 August 2002)

The activity referred to by the Honourable Member is part of measure 1.2 ‘Combating school failure and
drop-out and introducing alternative forms of learning’
in the Operational Programme ‘Education and
initial vocational training’ under the Community Support Framework (CSF) 2000-2006 for Greece.

The budget for this measure amounts to EUR 191 395 million for the whole of the period. The activity in
question relates to pupils at under-performing secondary schools and technical colleges (TEEs), who can
profit from supplementary teaching programmes designed to prevent school failure, dropping out and
exclusion from the labour market.

The overall failure rate in pan-Hellenic examinations in the second year of secondary school was nearing
20 %, and in some regions was as high as 50 % of all pupils.

As a result, owing to the extent of the problem, this activity is one of the Operational Programme’s
priorities. The aim is for 35 000 pupils at secondary schools and TEEs to benefit from it each year.

Under the rules in force for the 2000-2006 period, the Member State must report annually to the
Commission on the implementation of each Programme. The Commission is thus provided with an initial
source of information on the OP as a whole and on this activity in particular.

Furthermore, a mid-term evaluation of the programme, which should provide firm indications of the
effectiveness and impact of these activities, is due in 2003, when the Commission, in cooperation with the
national authorities, will examine the effectiveness of the activity on the basis of the results achieved and in
relation to the objectives laid down in the Programme and its programme complement.

(2002/C 301 E/246)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1816/02

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Commission

(25 June 2002)

Subject: Economic integration

Will the Commission give figures for the most recent available year, for the previous five years and for the
previous ten years, relating to the stock of foreign direct investment in each Member State of the European
Union as a percentage of that Member State’s GDP, and will it also break down that figure into foreign
direct investment from other Member States and from non-member countries?