Reviews of National Policies for Education: Lithuania 2002 [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Centre for Co-operation with Non-members.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2002.
Reform of education, training and human resource development is an integral part of the transition to a democratic society and market economy. Lithuania has made progress in all these areas since reform began in 1990. The challenge for the Ministry of Education and Science has been to promote and support changes that meet the needs of the new economy and society as well as the interests of all young people and adults, in the face of a shortage of financial and human resources. This book first gives a brief overview of regional issues and a history of education in Lithuania and describes the development of education in the country since the political changes. It then presents an analysis of the entire education system and identifies key directions for the reinforcement of the reforms in light of the challenges encountered by officials, communities, enterprises, educators, parents and students under very dynamic conditions. It concludes with a set of key recommendations of goals of education, learning effectiveness, outcomes and the curriculum, management and governance for flexibility, responsiveness and change and, resources and financing. This review will be very useful to both Lithuanian professionals and their international counterparts.
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""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Overview of Education Policy Reviews of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania""; ""Background of the reviews""; ""Methodology""; ""Importance of the reviews""; ""Figure 1.  Relationship between the state, institutions, students and other clients""; ""Similarities and differences among Baltic States""; ""Similarities""; ""Differences""; ""Phases of reform""; ""Conceptual foundation for reform""; ""Common themes""; ""Sector-specific themes""; ""Crosscutting themes""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 1. Context""; ""Geographic and historical context""
""Geography""""Map of Lithunia""; ""Topography""; ""History""; ""Demography""; ""Figure 2.  Birth and death rates and natural increase in Lithuaniaâ€?s population, 1995-1998""; ""Figure 3.  Population by sex and age, 1999""; ""Table 1.  Migration, 1995-1999""; ""Figure 4.  Number of students in comprehensive day schools, 1995-1999""; ""Ethnic and language distribution""; ""Figure 5.  Language of instruction""; ""Governmental structure""; ""Economy""; ""Table 2.  Selected indicators of Lithuanian economy""; ""Table 3.  Activity as share of GDP""
""Figure 6.  Inflation in Lithuania, 1994 â€? September 1999""""Figure 7.  Unemployment rate, 1994 â€? August 1999""; ""Figure 8.  Unemployment rate""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2. Lithuanian Education System: an Overview""; ""Reform process""; ""Structure of Lithuanian education system""; ""Figure 9.  National education system of Lithuania""; ""Major types of schools and institutions""; ""Trends in numbers of schools and enrolments""; ""Table 4.  Educational Institutions in Lithuania""; ""Table 5.  Share of private schools in total number of schools""; ""Enrolments""
""Table 6.  Number of students in educational institutions""""Movement of students through the system""; ""Figure 10.  Share of students continuing studies at secondary school after graduating...""; ""Figure 11.  Flows of further education of graduates from different educational institutions, 1998""; ""Table 7.  Distribution of schools and students by teaching languages""; ""Table 8.  Number of students of nationalities other than Lithuanian at vocational...""; ""Distribution of responsibilities""; ""Figure 12.  Organisational chart of the MoES""; ""Financing of the education system""
""Table 9.  National budget expenditures on education, Republic of Lithuania""""Table 10.  State and municipal budget expenditures for education""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3. Pre-School, Compulsory and General Education""; ""Introduction""; ""A â€? Schools, Governance and Finance""; ""Types and characteristics of schools""; ""Pre-school education""; ""Table 11.  Pre-school institutions in Lithuania (T = Towns C = Countryside)""; ""General education schools""; ""Table 12.  School types""; ""Table 13.  School types""; ""Primary education""
""Table 14.  Number of schools and students of general education in towns and rural areas""
Reform of education, training and human resource development is an integral part of the transition to a democratic society and market economy. Lithuania has made progress in all these areas since reform began in 1990. The challenge for the Ministry of Education and Science has been to promote and support changes that meet the needs of the new economy and society as well as the interests of all young people and adults, in the face of a shortage of financial and human resources. This book first gives a brief overview of regional issues and a history of education in Lithuania and describes the development of education in the country since the political changes. It then presents an analysis of the entire education system and identifies key directions for the reinforcement of the reforms in light of the challenges encountered by officials, communities, enterprises, educators, parents and students under very dynamic conditions. It concludes with a set of key recommendations of goals of education, learning effectiveness, outcomes and the curriculum, management and governance for flexibility, responsiveness and change and, resources and financing. This review will be very useful to both Lithuanian professionals and their international counterparts.
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