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US study finds growing plagiarism among Latvian scholars
A study conducted in the United States reveals growing plagiarism among Latvian scholars, reports LETA, referring to TV3 News. […]
Education
Society
Not all Lithuanian school students have equal access to vocational guidance, auditors say
The National Audit Office of Lithuania has conducted an audit to assess the organisation and implementation of school students’ vocational guidance, the office said in a press release. […]
Economy
Western Union Foundation Lithuania and Sunrise Valley to support start-up business in Lithuania
For the second consecutive year, the Western Union Foundation Lithuania is giving grants to support non-government organizations and social initiatives in Lithuania. […]
Economy
Economy
543 teachers in 30 schools on strike in Lithuania
The Ministry of Education and Science has announced that the current teachers‘ strike affects 15 municipalities. Thirty education establishments are said to be on strike: 21 general education, 7 pre-school education and 2 children’s non-formal education establishments. […]
Economy
Society
IAU executive says student mobility key for development of higher education
Student mobility is a “key area“ for development of higher education and for internationalization, International Association of Universities (IAU) Secretary General and Executive Director Eva Egron-Polak said. She was in Vilnius to receive an honorary Mykolas Romeris University Degree. […]
Society
You are in the front lines, President Grybauskaitė tells humanities teachers
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that school teachers, particularly those teaching humanities subjects, play a special role in battling unwanted influences on the Lithuanian society from foreign powers. […]
Economy
Lithuanian employers say college graduates lack skills to apply knowledge
Lithuanian employers have quite different expectations from students and graduates when hiring and getting hired, shows a poll published on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Society
Society
Over 100 Lithuanian schools to go on warning strike this week
The teachers‘ strike planned in Lithuania this week will include at least 107 educational institutions, with teachers refusing to teach students for the first two periods in schools, pre-school teachers refusing to accept children for two hours and teachers of non-formal institutions refusing to work for the first two hours of work. […]
Economy
Lithuania entices investors with more than just low wages
Competition. The small Eastern European country strongly believes that technology and science will attract foreign companies, rather than just low wages, according to the Danish daily Berlingske. […]
Society
Fifteen school students from eastern Ukraine come to study in Lithuania
Fifteen teenagers and their two teachers affected by unrest in Ukraine‘s Donetsk and Luhansk regions will live and study in Lithuania for one year. The first group of seven 14-year-olds arrived in Lithuania on 29 October. They will live and study at Vilnius Lithuanians’ House until 1 September, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Society
Society
Kaunas University of Technology – Lithuania’s most international school
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has attracted the largest number of international students among all Lithuanian institutions of higher education as 200 new international students enrolled in KTU this year. The university has 460 foreign students now, KTU said in a statement. […]
Society
Prosecutors investigate Lithuanian school students’ participation in Russian paramilitary camps
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office has opened an investigation into suspected assistance to a foreign country to act against the Republic of Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
President’s advisor: Lithuanian school students pawns in Russia’s provocation
Participation of Lithuanian school students in paramilitary camps in Russia is a provocation, says Jovita Neliupšienė, chief foreign affairs advisor to President Dalia Grybauskaitė. She notes that the kids have been taken advantage of and state institutions should be responsible for carrying out prevention. […]
Society
Attitude towards children with hearing disabilities improving in Lithuania
The attitude towards deaf children and children with hearing disabilities in Lithuania is improving, but lack of hearing aids financed by the state remains the main problem, said organizers of a conference of PAGAVA society which unites families with children with hearing disabilities. […]
Society
Lithuania will have fewer higher education institutions by 2030, students predict
The Lithuanian National Union of Students has presented their higher education vision, which sees Lithuania reducing the number of higher education institutions and universities by 2030. […]