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Education i n Lithuania Some facts and trends

Education i n Lithuania Some facts and trends. Laima Paurien ė, National Agency for School Evaluation Division of Policy Analysis, Vilnius, Lithuania. Where I’m working:. NATIONAL AGENCY FOR SCHOOL EVALUATION Mission:

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Education i n Lithuania Some facts and trends

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  1. Education in LithuaniaSome facts and trends Laima Paurienė, National Agency for School Evaluation Division of Policy Analysis, Vilnius, Lithuania

  2. Where I’m working: NATIONAL AGENCY FOR SCHOOL EVALUATION Mission: To help the Ministry of Education and Science to ensure quality of education by developing of internal and external evaluation of educational institutions and empowering heads and founders of schools to make effective decisions. Goals: Evaluation of quality of general education schools activity. Supplying of schools and founders with methodological support and recommendations for school quality development.

  3. Divisions: • Internal evaluation of quality of school activity; • External evaluation of quality of school activity; • Policy analysis; • Training and accreditation of external evaluators; • Data processing and analysis; • EU SF projects; • Coordination of Eurydice sub-programme. Staff: 24 people

  4. Educational statistics in 2011/12 1309 General education schools 401 061 pupil 38 173 teachers

  5. Specialized educational institutions and pupils • 18 youth schools – 1277 pupils; • 6 children socialization centres – 137 children; • 62 special schools – 4264 pupils (or 10,2 percent of all pupils with SEN); • 41934 pupils with special educational needs in general schools (or 10,5 percent of all pupils). • 945 pupils from abroad in general education schools.

  6. Changes in Lithuanian Legislation • Law on Education 1991. Children with severe and profound dysfunctions become educable. • The Law on the Social Integration of the Disabled1991.The disabled have the same rightsto work, study and trainas other residents of Lithuania. 3. The Constitutionof the Republic ofLithuania (1992) Every child must attend compulsory education until 16 years of age.

  7. Legislation (II) 4. The Act of Special Educational Provisionfor Children with SEN in Mainstream Educational Institutions (1993): Pupils with SEN can attend: • mainstream class, following the mainstream curriculum, but with special methods applied, or following a modified mainstream curriculum, or an alternative curriculum, or individualized education program • partly in a mainstream, partly in a special class; • at a special class.

  8. Legislation (III) • The Law on Special Education 1998 persons with SEN are children and adults, who because of congenital or acquired impairments have limited opportunities of participating in the educational process and social life • Law on Education 1998 recognition of SEN by the school SEN commission or by the PPS (Pedagogical Psychological Service) • Ministry Orders 2000, 2002 Classification – 10 categories of disorders

  9. Categories of disorders till 2011 July • Intellectual disorders • Specific cognitive (e.g. attention, memory, visual or auditory perception) disorders • Emotional, behaviour and socialization disorders • Speech and other communication disorders • Hearing disorders • Visual disorders • Movement disorders • Somatic and neurological disorders • Complex disorders • Other disorders

  10. Share of pupils by categories of disorders in general education schools in 2011-2012 Sources: Statistics Lithuania

  11. Legislation (IV) 8. State Education Strategy 2003–2012 and the Law on Education 2003: To ensure accessibility of all school types to learners with SEN at environment that meets their needs • Law on Education 2011: SEN – a need for assistance and services in education process that occurs due to being exceptionally gifted, having congenital or acquired disorders or disadvantages in person’s surrounding

  12. Pupils with special educational needs Pupils from socially deprived families Pupils from rural areas Special pedagogical, psychological, special and social pedagogical support; free transportation to school and home; special educational tools; special settings. Free meal; free accommodation in hostels; use of concessions for educational means. Free transportation from home to school and from school home for pupils of 1-8 grades who are living more than 3 km from school. Disadvantaged groups Kind of support at school

  13. Pupils from ethnical minorities Foreigners, refugees Children from “labour emigrants” families Social, educational (adaptation of curriculum), psychological support; Social, educational (mostly language learning), psychological support; Social, educational, psychological support. II. Disadvantaged groups Kind of support at school

  14. The 3-level Model of Special Pedagogical and Psychological Assistance • Child Welfare Commission(School level): initial detection of a pupil’s problem, assessment and provision Specialists who work at school give special educational and psychological support 2. Pedagogical Psychological Service (Local level): assessment and evaluation, recommendations for further education and provision (from 24 in 2003 to 55 in 2011) 3. Centre for Special Needs Education and Psychology(National level)

  15. Professionals of educational support at general education schools in 2011–2012 school year

  16. Functions ofChildren’s Welfare Commission

  17. Main functions of Pedagogical Psychological Service

  18. The main goal ofthe Centre For Special Needs Education and Psychology To develop the special pedagogical and psychological support system in Lithuania and make this system more effective. Projects: • Returning to school of drop-out pupils; • Development of effectiveness and quality of support for pupil; • Preparing of teaching tools for special education; • Development of teaching/learning forms for persons with special needs. http://www.sppc.lt

  19. Project of Educational Development Centre (partially supported by EU SF)“Improving of competencies of primary and special education teachers to apply ICT and innovative methods in education proccess” 300 special education teachers will get new competencies to work with primary schools children in innovative way and to apply ICT in their work. http://www.inovacijos_upc.smm.lt/

  20. The priority ofeducational reform – “Schools for All”

  21. Allways remember: a person with a disability • Has wishes for his future • Has dreams for his life • Should be able to fullfil his wishes and dreams • Should be able to live his life as independent as possible • Should be a part of the society on equal footing

  22. Thank you!Ačiū!

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