Vilnius school set to build monument to Pope John Paul II before end of 2013
Vilnius Progymnasium of Pope John Paul II intends to build a monument to the late pope in its yard before the end of this year, school principal Janina Vysocka said. “We would want the monument to be...
View ArticleCourt to look into Education Minister’s decree on exam facilitation
The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania on Wednesday decided to accept a group of opposition politicians’ request to rule on the legitimacy of the minister of education and science’s decree on...
View ArticleLithuanian school issue needs Poland’s goodwill – Education Minister
The issue of closure of Lithuanian schools in Poland will be resolved if Poland shows goodwill, Minister of Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis said on Monday after meeting with the Lithuanian...
View ArticleVietnamese-Lithuanian among top school graduates in the country
Mai Nguyen Ngoc, whose family is of Vietnamese origin, has passed the Lithuanian state language exam excellently and got 100 percent, the highest mark, in Chemistry, Mathematics and English. DELFI...
View ArticleVietnamese-Lithuanian among top school graduates in the country
Mai Nguyen Ngoc, whose family is of Vietnamese origin, has passed the Lithuanian state language exam excellently and got 100 percent, the highest mark, in Chemistry, Mathematics and English. [...] The...
View Article65 schools in Vilnius to be repaired this year
This year, educational institutions in Vilnius received more than LTL 29 million (EUR 8.4 million) for refurbishment and modernisation of their premises. LTL 14 million (EUR 4.06 million) of the sum...
View ArticleLithuanian schools receive new buses
New buses were handed over to schools at the ceremony in Independence Square in Vilnius on Thursday. Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė and Minister of Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis transferred...
View ArticleLithuanian school students are taken to Russian paramilitary camps, according...
Students from a Russian-language secondary school in Vilnius are being taken to paramilitary camps each year organized by the Russian army, a Lithuanian online newspaper reports. [...] The post...
View ArticleLithuanian 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. [...] The post Lithuanian...
View ArticleWhy 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. [...] The post Why are Lithuanian boys doing so...
View ArticleLithuania may lower school entrance age to six
Children in Lithuania should attend school from the age of six so that they graduate before they turn 19 or 20, Eugenijus Jovaiša, head of the Seimas Committee on Education and Science, said on...
View ArticleLithuania plans to extend school year
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...
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