§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the meeting of the European Community Education Ministers on 2 June.
§ Sir Keith JosephI represented the Government at a meeting of European Community Education Ministers in Luxembourg on 2 June 1983.
The Ministers adopted a resolution on new technologies in education which will provide for an exchange of information and experience in members states. They agreed a report about student mobility in the Community and the factors which influence it and agreed that support should continue for the Community's joint programmes of study between institutions of higher education in different member states.
In addition, Ministers had a useful exchange of views on the problems of teacher unemployment; and they also agreed a policy statement to the European Parliament on education co-operation. The resolution and other texts have not yet been considered by the Scrutiny Committee. However, I considered that I should agree them subject to a parliamentary reserve.