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Why are Lithuanian boys doing so badly at school?
For several years, Lithuanian education specialists have been noticing a worrying trend – Lithuanian boys’ school grades have been falling steadily. […]
Education
Society
First vegetarian kindergarten opens in Lithuania
A private kindergarten in Vilnius is the first pre-school education institution in Lithuania to offer a fully vegetarian option to its pupils. […]
Economy
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Lithuania Education system ‘needs change to compete with leading countries’
The Lithuanian education system needs to be changed starting with kindergartens to have any chance of competing with the academic performance of leading countries, especially in Asia, education experts say. Lithuanian educators believe that the […]
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British universities start flying over Lithuanian students
A British university is to fly 15 potential students from Lithuania to Britain to visit the university, see its facilities and meet its teaching staff – something unheard in Lithuanian universities. “I do not know […]
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Lithuania gets first university endowment fund
The first university endowment fund has been established in Lithuania by Vilnius University with an initial €1 million raised from supporters. Called the Vilnius University Foundation, the endowment fund was supported by Lithuanian laser companies […]
Economy
Lithuania to use EU funds for informal learning programmes
The Lithuanian government has greenlit using money from European Union structural funds to finance informal learning programmes in Lithuanian schools. […]
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Lithuanian teachers second-worst paid in Europe
School teachers in Lithuania and Latvia are the least earning educators in Europe, according to an updated European Commission report. […]
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Education minister: teachers’ wages will not be raised at the expense of children’s education
Education Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė said that the state would not take funds to raise teachers’ wages from the financing of non-formal education for children. […]
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Ethnic minority schools staging protest in Vilnius
Representatives of ethnic minority schools are staging a rally outside the Municipality of Vilnius on Thursday in protest of what organizers say is assault on ethnic minority education. […]
Foreign affairs
Vilnius-based Belarusian university discusses funding with donors
The European Humanities University (EHU), a Vilnius-based Belarusian school in exile, is holding a donors’ conference on Thursday to discuss the university’s finances and future role. […]
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The Prime Minister who cried “Russia”
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius claims that the teachers’ trade unions on strike in Lithuania could have been influenced or inspired by Russia has attracted considerable attention. When describing how some members of the teachers’ trade unions attended certain conferences in Russia, the prime minister rhetorically asked, “Who can deny that, after that, some of their suggestions and desires are implemented here in Lithuania?” […]
Society
Government pledges €2m for teachers’ salaries instead of €7m
A meeting of Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Minister of Education Audronė Pitrėnienė on Wednesday morning did not produce an agreement to set aside additional €7 million for teachers‘ salaries. Instead, the government has pledged to find €2 million to meet striking teachers’ demands. […]
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Lithuanian school plans to teach computer programming from first grade
A Lithuanian school in Rokiškis, Juozas Tūbelis Pro-gymnasium, is to start teaching computer programming to its pupils in the first grade, in what may be a first in Lithuania. […]
Society
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Why are Lithuanian 10th-graders’ test scores plummeting and what can be done about it?
Crisis in primary school education that reaches across Lithuania has been ignored for years […]
Politics
European Commission criticises lack of progress on tax, labour, education reforms in Lithuania
The European Commission has criticised Lithuania’s lack of progress on key recommendations it made for reforming the country’s pension, tax and education systems. […]
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Society
Parents face shortage of Lithuanian kindergarten places in Vilnius
Families that want their children to attend Lithuanian-language kindergartens in Vilnius District, a predominantly Polish-speaking region, are faced with a very difficult task and are often forced to opt for a Polish-language institution, Lietuvos Žinios daily said on Friday. […]