Irish pupils fare badly in list by Eurostat on foreign languages

[Francis Hult]

IrishTimes.com

 

Irish pupils fare badly in list by Eurostat on foreign languages

 

Only 8 per cent of Irish secondary school pupils learn two or more languages compared to a European average of more than 60 per cent, according to statistics released by the European Union.

Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, found almost one in five secondary pupils do not learn any foreign language in Ireland

 

Full story:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1008/1224256169430.html

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