Education

Students of some of Polish-language schools in Lithuania skipped classes on Wednesday in protest of education provisions and went to a church service instead.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that some politicians defame Lithuania by accusing it of alleged discrimination against the Polish community in the field of education.

Business has been advertising it for more than a month. Songs have been written about it. But yesterday, reality hit and it was back to school for all young people in Lithuania from primary schools to universities.

Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) has joined the Global Access Asia (GAA) international online course network allowing students to take courses online for free.

The strike by teachers and pupils of ethnic minority schools is being fuelled by politicians of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), a party drawing its electorate from Lithuania's Polish-speaking population, the country's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says.

With over 30 million downloads worldwide of their game development platform, Kaunas-based TutoTOONS is going from strength to strength. Established as a start-up two years ago by two Lithuanian game developers, the company now has 15 staff in Kaunas and Barcelona, and has ambitious plans for further...

There are plans in the upcoming school year to provide around 80,000 schoolchildren in Lithuania with free school lunch. The state is also to give financial assistance to 78,000 children with purchasing school supplies.

Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science has proposed some changes for curricula in ethnic minority schools.

Indian youth looking for higher education are interested in opportunities of study in Europe. An increasing number of Indian students come to Lithuania, according to timesofindia.com.

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Vilnius Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) students say studying French language has been "an incredible experience" allowing to get to know French culture and taste world-renowned French cuisine, while studying abroad.

On Wednesday, 17 June, the defence ministers of three Baltic states are opening the lecture room named the Baltic Way in the Baltic Defence College, in the framework of the graduation ceremony.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė made her annual State of the Nation address at the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, on Thursday. In her speech, the president mostly focused on national defence, security challenges stemming from Russia's aggressive policies, as well as emigration of working-age...

Representatives of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), a party representing Lithuania's Polish-speaking community, as well as of education establishments on Monday held a protest outside the office of the Government of Lithuania, demanding to preserve ethnic minority schools, currentl...

It has gained global attention that sex education in Denmark will now focus on fertility as well as avoiding unwanted pregnancies. The background for this change is that 25 percent of couples wishing to have a baby do not achieve pregnancy within the first year. Sex education is critical to ensuring...

Lithuania's parliament on Thursday rejected a Constitutional amendment which stipulates extension of mandatory education age from the current 16 to 18.

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Lithuania's Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis and China's Deputy Education Minister Li Weihong signed an agreement on bilateral recognition of academic qualifications. The agreement was signed at the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting of Ministers for Education (ASEM ME5) which is being held on 2...

After his party decided to recall him from his post, Lithuania's Education Minister Dainius Pavalkis is to meet with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday to discuss his possible resignation.