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	80 million Europeans can't read, study shows European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, who is responsible for Education, Culture Mulitlingualism and Youth, on Tuesday revealed that Europe is facing serious problems with it's education system. This is reflected in the fact that 80 million adult Europeans have difficulties with literacy. Furthermore, girls continue to outperform boys in literacy levels. EC press release: One in five 15-year-olds in Europe, as well as many adults, lack basic reading and writing skills, which makes it harder for them to find a job and puts them at risk of social exclusion. To help tackle the issue, the European Commission has set up an independent group of experts to identify ways of raising literacy levels. The group, which met for the first time today in Brussels, is chaired by Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, who is a Special Envoy on Literacy for Development for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). EU Ministers have set a target of reducing the share of pupils with difficulties in reading, maths and science to fewer than 15% by 2020. Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, said: "The launch of this group marks the start of a Europe-wide campaign to address the root causes of low literacy levels. Too many Europeans find themselves locked out of the job market and find it hard to contribute fully to society because they lack basic reading and writing skills. If we want to <b>...</b>	From: EUXTV Views: 36 0 ratings
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