Politics
Education
Society
Kindergarten education becomes compulsory in Lithuania
The Seimas (parliament) has adopted an amendment to the Law on Education that has made kindergarten education compulsory in Lithuania. Fifty-nine parliamentarians voted for the amendment, 9 voted against it, and 27 abstained. […]
Society
Politics
Seimas pledges to maintain ethnic minority schools
The Lithuanian parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday, saying the country will continue to provide opportunities for ethnic minority communities to receive education in their native languages. […]
Society
Lithuanian-Russian school teachers say their schools are not vehicles for Moscow propaganda
A week after Gediminas Grina, the former chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) compared the country’s ethnic minority schools to “education ghettos” and called for their removal, Klaipeda’s Russian school teachers are still upset about his comments. […]
Economy
Society
Vilnius University included in Top 200 universities of emerging and BRICS countries
The results of Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016 were announced on 2 December. Vilnius University (VU) made its début in the ranking with the 116th spot, making into the list of top 200 higher education institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and 30 other “emerging countries”, VU reports. […]
Society
Lithuanian teachers to strike on 10 December
Lithuanian teachers will hold a strike on 10 December, two days later than previously planned due to a requirement to warn about a strike seven days in advance. […]
Society
Bullying in Lithuanian schools: Gender sneers for girls, intelligence insults for boys
Bullying remains a pandemic problem in Lithuanian schools and can sometimes lead to tragic consequence, including suicide. The Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson‘s Office has conducted a survey among school students, a fifth of whom said they were bullied for one reason or another. […]
Society
Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences are to merge
A plan to merge Kaunas University of Technology and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences was proposed in a meeting of a working group set up by Education Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė to optimize Lithuania’s higher education resources. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president proposes amendments to raise university enrolment criteria
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed law amendments, requiring students to pass at least one national-level graduation exam in order to be accepted into a college or university. […]
Economy
Lithuanian president to discuss quality of higher education
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is to meet representatives of the academic community, employers and students to discuss how to increase the quality of higher education. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Foreign students could substantially strengthen Lithuania‘s universities and colleges
Journalists and education experts criticise the trends in Lithuania‘s institutions of higher education, which in turn criticise journalists and experts who talk about the bad aspects only, but never see the good ones. […]
Society
Vilnius University in top 20 of regional QS World University Ranking
QS World University Rankings has published a list of the best universities in the region of Emerging Europe and Central Asia. Vilnius University (VU) jumped up by 13 ranking positions and made it to the top 20, ranking in the 19th place, the university reports. […]
Energy
Society
Lithuanian minister assures Polish counterpart about ethnic minority education
Lithuania has not passed any amendments to worsen the conditions for ethnic minorities to study in their native language, Lithuania’s Education and Science Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė has said in a letter to her Polish counterpart. […]
Society
Economy
CIO of Virtustream: Our office in Kaunas has ‘Silicon Valley startup’ feel to it
Van Williams, CIO, chief of product engineering and manager of Virtustream development centre in Lithuania, says that the Baltic countries should be more active in attracting global funding. Also, he is convinced that the main asset of any business are innovative professionals, discovered and fostered by universities. […]
Economy
EC officer: Lithuania shows what can be achieved in short time
Close cooperation with business is among the top priorities in the strategies of most European universities, and the achievements of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in this field are remarkable, says Heike Fischbach, Policy Officer for Education and Culture at European Commission’s General Directorate. […]