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The EU Commission outlined measures Thursday to address gaps in education brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, and also longer-term to blend learning environments in primary and secondary education.
Education can empower the future of Europe
DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EURACTIV Media network. 13-05-2021 In the beginning, about 4% of the students went back to virtual learning. In September the percentage dropped to 2.7, and now it s 3.3%, which is telling us that parents do trust the education system, said Ružić. [Shutterstock/Maria Symchych]
Students struggling to cope with flood of information from internet and digital services
A new report found that only half of European students are taught to recognise if online information is biased, and less than one in 10 can successfully distinguish fact from opinions.
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The publication of the report comes against the backdrop of a COVID-19 ‘Infodemic’ - a term coined by the World Health Organization to describe the flood of information disseminated about the health crisis.
Called ‘21st Century Readers: Developing literacy skills in a digital world’, the study was co-funded by the OECD and Vodafone Germany Foundation.