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The test-taking procedure is also changing. Graduates had previously chosen which maturity tests to perform before declaring quarantine. However, the ministry, given the current situation, until May 18. will allow graduates to forgo some of the selected exams if they are not necessary for future study or future careers.
For example, a graduate had chosen to take 5 maturity tests. Under the new approved procedure, you can, in the next 10 days, waive the exams you don’t need by entering your chosen higher education institution and taking, for example, only 3 exams.
The Minister for Education, Science and Sports, Algirdas Monkevičius, stated that general education schools currently work remotely, but the possibility of returning to schools for at least 2 weeks and working in the usual way is being considered.
Elementary students are considered to return from May 25 and primary and general education students to return from June 1. This, according to the minister, requires a government decision, which can be expected next week.
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“We would offer schools to work live for at least two weeks if they had those opportunities,” said Monkevičius.
According to the minister, if the government allows students to return to school, the government will recommend that schools end the school year at the time they had planned, but necessarily for at least two weeks of live learning, not distance learning.
The Minister also pointed out that the opening of schools will not be compulsory: educational institutions will make the decisions. He said he already knew that Vilnius high schools were planning to finish the school year remotely.
“It would not be a type of forced return, it would be an opportunity if the school sees and can organize a return, because psychologists also advise that going back to class, communicating with teachers live, is important for children,” said Monkevičius.
Asta Ranonytė, deputy director of the National Education Agency, said that by May 18. Graduates have the option to opt out of maturity tests if they do not need them when considering future studies or a future career.
The procedure for taking the tests has also changed. If 14 graduates previously took the exams in a class, the new procedure will allow 9 students to take the exam, a facilitator will be assigned to a group of students, and an additional facilitator could be used.
“And regarding the use of masks and gloves, if there is a general requirement that masks and gloves be worn in a public place, it is during power and maturity exams. If there are no more, candidates will be able to choose whether to be with them or without them, ”said A. Ranonytė.
A. Monkevičius stated that the Ministry had received proposals that graduates who did not plan to study at a higher education institution could receive a certificate after passing an exam. However, according to the Minister, after considering all the proposals, he follows the same procedure: to obtain a certificate, the graduate must pass the Lithuanian language and literature and a selected exam.
The exam session is scheduled to start on June 22 and end on July 21.
The first stage of admission to higher education will take place before August 18, the second must end on September 4, and it is proposed that higher education institutions begin the school year in almost two weeks.
The minister said that since May 18. There is the possibility of opening kindergartens and providing the full service of complete education. Until now, only children whose parents were unable to care for their children could go to kindergarten. According to the minister, there are now 230 institutions in the country and more than 800 children attend kindergartens.
“We have to prepare very carefully for the work of kindergartens,” said A. Monkevičius.
According to the Minister, kindergartens who have resumed work should ensure that employees work in a single group, that children attend the same group regularly, and that different groups of children do not come into contact both indoors and outdoors. It will not be possible to organize joint activities for several groups.
The health of all adopted children will also need to be evaluated and fever with signs of upper respiratory tract infections will not be accepted.
A. Monkevičius said that if quarantine conditions are further relaxed, it will be possible to carry out non-formal education activities for children in the summer. According to him, around 2.5 million will be allocated for this. euros, which would be used for the Song Festival and other events that will not take place due to the coronavirus.
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