European Court of Auditors
European Court of Auditors
04/18/2023 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/19/2023 07:19
Upcoming report on digitalisation of schools
On Monday 24 April, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) will publish a special report on the how the EU supported digital education in schools
ABOUT THE TOPIC
The EU supplements and supports Member States in the digitalisation of their schools under
various programmes and measures financed from the EU budget.
ABOUT THE AUDIT
The auditors examined whether:
o the European Commission's actions, in particular under the Erasmus+ programme supported the digitalisation of schools well;
o national, regional and local authorities in the member states used available EU funding under the Cohesion Policy as intended;
o in view of the ongoing implementation of the RRF by 2026, member states addressed the digitalisation of schools well in their RRPs; and
o member states had translated the Commission's 2025 strategic target into national strategies or approaches for connecting schools to gigabit internet, and whether the actual connectivity of schools is well on track to achieve that target.
The auditors conducted an in-depth analysis in six member states: Germany, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Austria, and Poland. For Germany, where the regions (Bundesländer) have exclusive responsibility for education policy, they selected the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, which is the region with the largest population of schools and students.
FOR PRESS
Please contact [email protected] if you wish to obtain embargo copies of the report and its press release, or if you would like to arrange an interview. The report and press release will be published on the ECA website eca.europa.eu at 5:00 p.m. CET on Monday 24 April.
The ECA member responsible for this report is Pietro Russo.
The ECA's special reports set out the results of its audits of EU policies and programmes or management topics related to specific budgetary areas. The ECA selects and designs these audit tasks to be of maximum impact by considering the risks to performance or compliance, the level of income or spending involved, forthcoming developments and political and public interest.