Education in Lithuania

Infobox Education
country name = Lithuania
agency

agency = Ministry of Education and Science
leader titles = Minister of Education and Science
leader names = Algirdas Monkevičius
budget = 1,28 billion LTL
budget year = 2008
primary languages = Lithuanian
system type = National
established events =
established dates =
literacy year = 2004
literacy total = 100
literacy men = 100
literacy women = 100
enroll total =
enroll primary = 90552
enroll secondary = 514622
enroll post-secondary =143204
attain secondary =
attain post-secondary =
footnotes = 2006 data [Lithuanian Departament of Statistics [http://www.smm.lt/svietimo_bukle/docs/statistika/Statistikos_dep_LT_apskritys_2006.pdf] ]

Education in Lithuania is free of charge and compulsory from the age of 6 or 7 to 16 years, as stated in the national Law on Education. [http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/lithuania.htm "Lithuania"] . "Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor (2001)". Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor (2002). "This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.] In 1996, the gross primary enrollment rate was 98 percent. Primary school attendance rates were unavailable for Lithuania as of 2001. While enrollments rates indicate a level of commitment to education, they do not always reflect children’s participation in school.

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