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Compulsory ‘Matura exam’ from Polish language comes back

Sidenote from translator: Matura is a Latin name for the high school exit exam or “maturity diploma” in various European countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the
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Will new school reform strike at Polish education?

Education department is preparing another reform concerning chain of schools in Lithuania. One of its primary goals is close-down of merged classes. Changes also apply to Polish schools in Lithuania.
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After reports in the media, Jarosław Wołkonowski dismissed from the University of Bialystok [UwB]

Dr hab. Jarosław Wołkonowski, who seemed to be inseparably connected with the Vilnius branch of UwB, no longer lectures at the university. As one of the branch’s employees informed the
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Finally here! New Polish textbooks have arrived in Vilnius

Textbooks for students of Polish schools have arrived in Lithuania. – We talked about this problem for years, but we couldn’t find a solution. We were like in a dark
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New school year in Lithuania: more first-graders in Polish schools

On the 2nd of September, teaching began in most schools across the country. ‘Macierz Szkolna’ approaches the beginning of the school year with moderate optimism. Compared to last year, the
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Association of Polish Scientists of Lithuania celebrates 30th anniversary

30 years ago, on 14 April 1989, on the wave of national rebirth, an initiative group in Vilnius established the Union of Scientists of Poles of Lithuania, later renamed the
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Summary of the 24th edition of “Best school. Best teacher” competition

Over 70 Polish schools teachers of various subjects from all over the Vilnius region were awarded during the ceremony of the annual competition “Best school. Best teacher” published for the
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Zalewska on Polish education in Lithuania: Driven and prompt actions are needed

“By December experts from Poland and Lithuania have to prepare appropriate solutions to the issue of Polish education in Lithuania and Lithuanian education in Poland,” said Anna Zalewska, Minister of National Education
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The Parliament battles for two amendments to the Act on the Education System have begun

Lithuanian Parliament had to deal with two amendments to the discriminatory Act on the Education System which was amended in 2011 to the disadvantage of national minorities living in Lithuania.
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EFHR: Meeting with the Advisory Committee of Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

On 6 March 2018 representatives of the Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe (Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities) met with representatives of
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