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About “Lelewel” and “Syrokomlówka” during the AWPL meeting with the Ministry of Education

The end of schools’ accreditation process, which is the way of mantaining high schools proposed by the Ministry, as well as the ‘class’ basket’ as the new model of financing
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Ambassador’s meeting with the headmaster of high school under the name of Joachim Lelewel in

The fate of the endangered Polish schools in Lithuania is an interesting issue for many communities. Jarosław Czubiński, the Polish ambassador in Vilnius, met with the authorities of high school
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Remigijus Šimašius asks Polish families about the schools

On Wednesday, Polish Schools in Vilnius were the center of Authorities attention. Władysław Syrokomla High School was visited by Lithuanian Minister of Education and Science, Audrone Pitreniene. Mayor of Vilnius,
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Empty classrooms in Polish schools

Today all classes in Polish schools in Vilnius were cancelled. The parents decided that their children will not go to school. This is how school communities protested against the reorganization
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University entrance exams in Poland: ‘There were not enough skilled persons to fill all pools’.

Twenty eight high school graduates qualified to receive the grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland. The grant pool for Lithuania equaled 35, though there was
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Appeal in defence of Polish schools in Lithuania

As we previously reported, in the days of April 29 – May 3, representatives of Polish community in Lithuania, invited by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Grzegorz Schetyna and president
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Reorganization of Vilnius schools will last until September

The capital’s authorities plan to finish a 10 years old reorganization of Vilnius’ schools before September. During the Wednesday meeting councilors debated reorganization of several schools in the capital, including
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Educational conference in Seimas: the system needs an urgent repair

At the conference ‘Standardized Lithuanian language test as the challenge for arbiturs, teachers and schools’ there was a discussion about ‘harnessing a horse behind a wagon’ and ‘planting the tops
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The results of the standardized final Lithuanian language exam as the subject of the conference

In 2013, for the first time high school graduates of all schools in Lithuania (Lithuanian, Polish and Russian schools) took a standardized Lithuanian language exam. The exam was standardized under
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Fate of Polish schools sealed already?

Vilnius schools of Sz. Konarski and Lazdynai (‘Leszczyniaki’), starting from September will be primary schools. Similar fate may probably await J. Lelewel School, that is the historical 5th, but here
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