Experts: Caring for Students from National Minorities: Is There Only One Way?

In recent days, reading the politicians’ new proposals on national minority schools, we keep encountering one argument: care. The state, we are told, should care for its children. It cannot
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The Fate of Polish Schools in Old Trakai and Paluknys Rests in the Hands of

At the beginning of the new school year, the Andrzej Stelmachowski Primary School in Old Trakai and the Longin Komołowski Gymnasium in Paluknys began operating as branches of the Trakai
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Wojnicz: Experimenting and interfering with national minority schools is not worth it.

Wojnicz: Experimenting and interfering with national minority schools is not worth it As we reported before, Lithuanian conservatives propose a gradual increase of instruction in Lithuanian language in curricula of
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Wojnicz: “There Is No Point in Experimenting or Tampering with National Minority Schools”

As we reported earlier, Lithuania’s conservatives are proposing a gradual increase in the amount of instruction conducted in Lithuanian in national minority schools. Under the draft proposal, from 2028, subjects
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State Language Inspectorate Ultimately Loses Court Battle Over Bilingual Signs in Vilnius District

Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court (LVAT) on Wednesday essentially rejected the appeal filed by the State Language Inspectorate (VKI) concerning bilingual place-name signs in the Vilnius District. “LVAT largely rejected the
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End of Dispute Over Bilingual Signs: Court Rules in Favour of Vilnius District

On Wednesday, Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court (LVAT) largely dismissed the appeal filed by the State Language Inspectorate (VKI) concerning bilingual signs bearing place names in Vilnius District. “LVAT largely dismissed
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On the Eve of September 1, Krystyna Dzierżyńska on the Challenges and Successes of Polish

This school year, around 800 first-graders will begin their education at Polish schools in Vilnius and the Vilnius Region. Krystyna Dzierżyńska, president of “Macierz Szkolna,” the Association of Polish School
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Breakthrough in the Case of the Polish School in Paluknys: It Will Become an Independent

There has been a breakthrough in the case of the school in Paluknys, in the Trakai District. After reviewing the situation of the Longin Komołowski Gymnasium, which is currently being
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New Rules for Minority Schools. The Paluknys Problem Remains

The government’s decision to lower the minimum number of students in national minority school classes in the Vilnius, Šalčininkai, Trakai, and Švenčionys districts will make it easier for some municipalities
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Fewer Students in National Minority Schools. Local Officials: This Addresses the Problem, Not Its Cause

The Lithuanian government has lowered the minimum number of students required in national minority schools in the Vilnius, Šalčininkai, Trakai, and Švenčionys districts. Local officials assess that the change may
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