Strengthening Upper Secondary Education in Lithuania
Upper secondary education in Lithuania stands out internationally with one of the highest attainment rates across OECD countries. Yet the country and its young people receive relatively modest returns in terms of learning outcomes for the country's high rates of upper secondary completion. To address this issue, Lithuania is currently undertaking a series of reforms at the upper secondary education level. This report explores how Lithuania, and its young people can achieve higher returns on its investment in upper secondary education and provides Lithuania with policy recommendations to help improve it by strengthening vocational education pathways and by consolidating upper secondary certification.
The Context of Upper Secondary Education in Lithuania
This chapter provides an overview of the context for upper secondary education in Lithuania. It outlines the socio-economic context, notably the labour market that young people transitioning from school to work enter. It presents the structure of upper secondary education in Lithuania in a comparative international perspective, highlighting the comparative brevity of upper secondary programmes and analysing the transition mechanisms from lower to upper secondary education. It briefly describes how upper secondary institutions are organised and funded and then discusses the main trends in upper secondary education, including participation, attainment, and completion. The chapter also outlines the curriculum, teaching and assessment in upper secondary education and the learning outcomes of different student groups and graduates emerging from international assessments. Finally, it provides an overview of the outcomes of upper secondary graduates, both into further education and employment.
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