§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science from information available from international sources, what has been the percentage increase since 1958–59 in the number undergoing full- and part-time education in Belgium; and how this compares with the percentage increase during the same period in England and Wales.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeA comparison can only be given for education at the first and second levels. From the latest figures available in the UNESCO Year Book for 1970, the increase in full-time and part-time enrolments in Belgium between 1955 and 1967 is estimated at 38 per cent., and in England and Wales 15 per cent.
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE Date of Meeting Venue 10th-14th May, 1971 … … … … … … … … … Strasbourg. 4th-8th October, 1971 … … … … … … … … … Strasbourg. 19th-27th January, 1972 … … … … … … … … … Strasbourg. First and second level figures include all years of compulsory education. However, the education systems of different countries have salient differences which can affect the comparability of these figures, and care must be exercised in any use made of them.