Statistical yearbook of Lithuania (edition 2019)

Education

 

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The chapter presents data on public and private educational establishments: preschool establishments, gene­ral, vocational schools, schools of higher education (colleges, universities).

By the Law on Education of the Republic of Lithuania, the participation in primary and lower secondary education for children until the age of 16 is compulsory and State-guaranteed.

The educational attainment of the population is defined based on the classification of education, approved by Order No V-988 of 23 June 2010 of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania.


In the 2018–2019 academic year, the number of students in formal education of Lithuania amounted to 468 thousand, or nearly every sixth resident of Lithuania.

At the end of 2018, there were 731 preschool establishments operating in the country (of which 632 – in urban, 99 – in rural areas); 517 general schools had preschool education groups integrated. They were attended by 120.9 thousand children, or 68 per cent of children aged 1–6. In 2018, there were 72 places in preschool establishments per 100 children aged 1–6 (in 2017, 69) and 106 places per 100 children attending these institutions (in 2017, 103).

In 2018, compared to 2017, the number of general schools decreased from 1 125 to 1 089, that of students in them – from 326 thousand to 322 thousand.

In 2018, upper secondary education in general schools was received by 23 thousand school graduates. 4.5 thousand students of vocational education institutions, in addition to a school-leaving certificate, acquired a profession.

In the 2018–2019 academic year, there were 73 vocational education institutions, with 34 thousand students in them. In 2018, there were 15 thousand graduates from such institutions.

Professionals with the highest qualification were prepared by 42 higher education institutions – 20 universities and 22 colleges (of which 7 universities and 10 colleges – private). At the beginning of the 2018–2019 academic year, there were 111.3 thousand students in those schools, of whom 77.3 thousand – in universities, 34 thousand – in colleges. In 2018, compared to 2017, the number of students in schools of higher education decreased by 6.5 thousand, or 6 per cent.

In 2018, in colleges, a professional bachelor’s degree was obtained by 8 thousand graduates; in universities, 10.7 thousand graduates obtained a bachelor’s, 6.5 thousand – master’s, 313 – PhD degrees. 639 graduates, upon the completion of university non-degree programmes, acquired a professional qualification.


Population by educational attainment
Labour Force Survey data, thousand

 

2010

2015

2016

2017

2018

Population aged 15 and older

2 671.9

2 483.0

2 449.1

2 405.7

2 379.9

Higher, professional colleges

641.3

736.0

744.0

747.9

766.8

Vocational upper secondary, general upper secondary, vocational lower secondary

877.5

841.8

847.1

822.8

813.9

General lower secondary, vocational qualification without completion of lower secondary

368.7

286.3

262.4

244.5

225.9

Primary

314.6

203.0

174.1

157.8

148.8

Special upper secondary, vocational post secondary

469.9

416.0

421.6

432.8

424.3

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Educational attainment of the population aged 15 and older by age group, 2018
Labour Force Survey data, per cent

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¹ High – advanced vocational education and training, higher (ISCED 5, 6, 7, 8).
² Medium – vocational lower secondary, upper secondary (without/with vocational qualification), special upper secondary (ISCED 3, 4).
³ Low – no-primary, primary (without/with vocational qualification), general lower secondary (ISCED 0, 1, 2).

 

Preschool establishments
End of the year

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Number of places and children in preschool education institutions
End of the year

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Number of places per 100 children attending preschool education institutions by county, 2018

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Pedagogic staff of preschool education institutions

 

2010

2015

2016

2017

2018

Principal

626

644

633

624

608

Senior educator

685

535

536

557

556

Educator

9 346

10 375

10 504

10 899

10 967

Special teacher

892

577

589

566

576

Special teacher

207

75

80

81

93

Spech therapist

778

551

569

588

592

Psychologist

66

45

46

61

59

Other pedagogical staff

173

403

416

455

807

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

General schools
Beginning of the academic year

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General school pupils
Beginning of the academic year

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

General school teachers and directors
Beginning of the academic year

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Number of students in vocational training institutions
Beginning of the academic year

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Students in vocational training institutions by sex
Beginning of the academic year

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Graduates of vocational training institutions, 2018

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Number of high school students
Beginning of the academic year

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Number of university graduates by field of education and grade of education, 2018

Bachelor programmes

  Master‘s programmes
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Number of foreign students at higher education institutions, 2018

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Total expenditure per student

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