Council Conclusions on improving the quality of teacher education

The education and training of teachers is a crucial element in the modernisation of European education and training systems, and future increases in the overall level of educational attainment and the pace of progress towards the common objectives of the Education and Training 2010 work programme will be facilitated by the existence of effective systems of teacher education. [extract] 

Conclusions of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 15 November 2007, on improving the quality of teacher education

OJEU C 300 12.12.07 p. 6