ProyectoScopio is a broad analysis that looks at education and also employment, emancipation (being independent/living away from home), health, and information and communications technology. Under the auspices of the Reina Sofia Centre for Adolescence and Youth (part of the Foundation for Help Against Drug Addiction), the survey compares Balearic teenagers with all other Spanish regions and with all European Union countries.
The education element is the most concerning. The analysis shows that the Balearics is at the bottom of the pile, and criteria of undertaking higher education, of school dropout rates and exam failures, and of foreign-language learning place the Balearics at the bottom. Even more concerning is just how far behind the next poorest region (Castile-La Mancha) the Balearics is. The index of educational performance has an average of 0.57 (out of one). The Balearics rates 0.18; Castile La Mancha is 0.30. In terms of the differences in values between all the regions and countries in the index, this is by far the greatest. (Lithuania tops the index with 0.85.)
Reaction from educationalists, unions and parents' associations has common themes. There is a pressing need to improve professional/vocational education. There needs to be more investment in education and greater stability in the educational system. The Balearic education minister, Marti March, has not commented.
Spain as a whole lags behind, though its index rating of 0.52 is above that of the UK (0.51), Germany (0.50) and Italy (0.47).
On employment, the Balearics does very much better. Unemployment of 16 to 30 year olds is the lowest in Spain (30%), but the analysis draws into question the nature of the employment: much of it temporary. There is a link with education in this regard. The high school dropout rate is often attributed to the comparative ease with which jobs can be found in the tourism sector, but these are typically only seasonal.
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As long as you don't live in Santa Ponsa it shouldn't make much difference. Bodycount wise especially.
You're right ! I'm moving to Aleppo.
It was only a few weeks ago we were told Majorca also has the worst health care system aswell??A nice place for a holiday, but not to live.
The worst in Europe, - it may be one of the worst in the civilsed world. They can't even teach the kids the alphabet properly here. You still see teachers dotting the capital i, crossing the 7, and writing the number 1 wifh a tail so long it looks like skewed seven just like a 100 years ago. Half the population can't read without mouthing the words. The worst of it is that they're in denial.