Education and Culture in Lithuania
(edition 2022)

Vocational education

 

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The purpose of vocational training is promoting acquisition or improvement of a qualification or retraining and assisting in preparation to participate in a shifting labour market. In vocational schools, primary professional education is provided to persons aged 14 years or older. Training in vocational schools is carried out by the following types of programmes:

  • Training programmes for students without basic education aimed at the acquisition of a professional qualification or a profession and basic education

  • Training programmes for students with basic education aimed at the acquisition of a professional qualification or a profession and upper secondary education

  • Training programmes for students with upper secondary education aimed at the acquisition of a professional qualification of a skilled worker

Upon completion of a training programme, a professional training diploma or a qualification certificate is issued. Persons who complete a basic education programme together with a professional training programme attain basic education, those who complete an upper secondary education programme and pass examinations attain upper secondary education.

In the 2021–2022 academic year, there were 70 vocational education institutions with 26.7 thousand students. 15.4 thousand (57.6 per cent) students, alongside acquiring a profession, pursued upper secondary education. In 2021, in vocational schools, a vocational qualification was obtained by 9.6 thousand graduates (in 2020, 10 thousand).

 

Number of vocational schools and students in them by municipality, 2021–2022

       Such phenomenon (indicator) in the period concerned was absent or confidential data.

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

 

Students admitted to vocational training institutions by study programmes

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

 

Vocational school students by study programme

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

 

Vocational school students by age

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


More indicators on vocational education:

Pedagogical staff in vocational schools

Pedagogical staff in vocational schools by level of education