In 2007, reaching the EU benchmarks and goals for 2010 continues to pose a serious challenge for education and training systems in Europe, except for the goal on increasing the number of Mathematics, Science and Technology graduates. Unless significantly greater efforts are made in achievin In 2007, reaching the EU benchmarks and goals for 2010 continues to pose a serious challenge for education and training systems in Europe, except for the goal on increasing the number of Mathematics, Science and Technology graduates.
Unless significantly greater efforts are made in achieving the benchmarks, early school leaving, completion rates of upper secondary education and key competences for low achievers will remain ambitions for the EU even beyond 2010.