Policy Document

Amendment to the Law on Education

Year

2011

Country

Lithuania

Topic

Education

Subtopic

Compulsory Schooling

Main implications

This law introduces pre-primary education. According to this law, preschool and pre-primary education may be compulsory in some special cases, as stipulated by the decree of Minister of Education. This law is the third major revision of the Law on Education (25.06.1991, No I-1489).

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Requirements for its application

Each citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and each foreigner who has the right of permanent or temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

Each citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and each foreigner who has the right of permanent or temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania

Criteria for coverage

Each citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and each foreigner who has the right of permanent or temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania

Age range

7-16

Duration (numbers of years of compulsory education stipulated by this document)

9

ISCED levels included in compulsory education

ISCED 1, ISCED 2

Dedication (number of hours per week stipulated by this document)

This is stipulated by other related legislation.

Is educational tracking implemented or modified by this document?

No

Education and training required for a compulsory school teacher stipulated by this document

This is stipulated by other related legislation.

Is the compulsory education of children of undocumented migrants granted by this document?

No

Read the Law

Full Text Source in English

Republic of Lithuania Law Amending the Law on Education, 17 March 2011 No Xi-1281, Vilnius

Original full text source in native language

Lietuvos Respublikos švietimo įstatymo pakeitimo įstatymas, 2011 m. Kovo 17 d., Nr. Xi-1281, Vilnius

Full text web source in English

http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l

Original full text web source in native language

http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l

Comments & Clarifications

The Law on Education has had three major revisions (2003, No. IX-1630; 1998, No. VIII-854; 2011, No. XI-1281).

Secondary Literature & Sources

Secondary literature

Duobliene, L. "National and Supranational Education Policy from a Lithuanian Perspective International". Journal of Critical Pedagogy 5(2) (2014):211-227.
European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice. Available at: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice
Lukšienė M. et al. "Tautinė mokykla. Lietuvos vidurinės bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos koncepcija". Žinija, Vilnius (1989).

Links to databases and sources for the analysis or evaluation of this policy field

Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania. Available at: http://www.smm.lt/web/en/
Statistics Lithuania. Available at: http://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/home

Author

Daumantas Stumbrys
Vytautas Magnus University, Demographic Research Centre

Data collected in the framework of the Population Europe Research Finder and Archive (PERFAR)

Cite as

SPLASH-db.eu (2015): Policy: "Amendment to the Law on Education" (Information provided by Daumantas Stumbrys). Available at: https://splash-db.eu [Date of access].