Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis describes disagreements between the government and lawmakers on the planned higher education reform as a serious situation, but says that the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) is not facing a split. […]
The Lithuanian government plans to extend the school year to lighten the workload for schoolchildren, Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė said on Tuesday, noting that the school year in most European countries lasts until late June. […]
A working group set up by the Lithuanian prime minister to work out a plan for streamlining the network of scientific and educational institutions will represent the interests of the state, rather than those of individual universities, Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė said on Monday. […]
The Lithuanian Education and Science Ministry has received proposals from interested institutions on how to optimize of the network of universities. […]
Lithuania’s higher education network needs restructuring is needed not only to ensure better quality but also in response to demographic numbers, as the number of university student will be on the downward scale up until 2025, says Lithuania’s Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė. […]
Lithuanian Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė believes that there is a good reason to discuss a proposal to solve the problem of a shortage of professionals in the regions by making it mandatory for students who study free of charge to work in a certain location for a certain period of time after graduation. […]
High-quality higher education should continue to be available in Lithuania’s regions, but that does not necessarily mean keeping the existing inefficient higher education institutions intact, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday. […]
The number of state universities in Lithuania has to be cut to no more than five, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
The Lithuanian Education and Science Ministry, together with trade unions, plans to work out by March a fixed pay model for school teachers. […]
The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytautas Dumbliauskas. […]
Lithuania cannot support 14 strong and competitive universities, therefore, the network will be subjected to change, and the plan will be worked out along with the plan for the implementation of the government’s program, says the country’s new Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė. […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday urged the government to draw up proposals for optimizing the network of state universities. […]
After the parliament on Tuesday approved the government’s program, the country’s 17th Cabinet headed by Saulius Skvernelis took oath. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday signed a decree to appoint a new Cabinet led by Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Danske Bank‘s chief economist for the Baltic countries believes that Lithuania’s incoming government should give priority to reforming the country’s education system in order to improve the situation in the labour market and help ensure sustainable economic growth, but he warns that possible differences in opinions between the ministry and the Seimas may prevent major changes from occurring. […]
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