Minister of Education submits her resignation letter to Prime Minister

Minister of Education, Science and Sport Jurgita Šiugždinienė has submitted her resignation letter to Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. The Office of the Government has confirmed this information.

The minister told reporters Thursday that she handed in her resignation letter to Šimonytė on 17 May and the decision is now in the prime minister’s hands.

“I have never clung to this position. I am not one of those people. Those who know me are well aware that work, changes, education is the most important for me,” stated Šiugždinienė.