Ministry of Education and Science

  • Defence

We’re monitoring children returning from Russian military camps – head of state security

Schoolchildren who have returned from military camps in Russia are being monitored by security officers in Lithuania, Gediminas Grina, head…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian education minister says he is helpless to prevent schools from taking students to Russian camps

Lithuania's Education and Science Ministry acknowledges a threat posed by possible hostile influence for students and teachers of Russian-language schools,…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania considers mandatory pre-school education for six-year-olds

Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science plans to introduce mandatory pre-school education for six-year-olds as of September 2015, with 5…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian teachers’ unions postpone strike until end of negotiations

After a dispute between the joint representation of Lithuania's education trade unions and the Ministry of Education and Science turned…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian schools receive new buses

New buses were handed over to schools at the ceremony in Independence Square in Vilnius on Thursday. Seimas Speaker Loreta…

10 years ago
  • Society

Number of schoolchildren down in Lithuania

28,000 first-graders will start schooling this September in Lithuania, about 1,000 more than last year, although the overall number of…

10 years ago
  • Society

Fifteen Punsk Lyceum students accepted to Lithuanian universities

The Ministry of Education and Science informs that 15 students from Punsk March 11th Lyceum, who submitted their applications to…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian employers support introduction of compulsory maths exam

Businesspeople have expressed their support to the decision made by Minister of Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis to make mathematics…

10 years ago
  • Society

Education minister: Lithuania needs more people with math skills

The compulsory mathematics exam is introduced to enhance logical and mathematical skills of the society and to increase the number…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuanian education minister wants to revive Institute of Pedagogy

There are plans to revive the Institute of Pedagogy in Lithuania to ensure coordination of secondary education programmes and proper…

10 years ago
  • Society

Math exam made compulsory for Lithuanian school graduates

Lithuania's Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis has signed a decree on making the math exam compulsory as of 2016…

10 years ago