Estonia

Tallinn’s reunited coalition to abolish kindergarten fees from September

July 7, 2025

According to Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski, during its meeting on Monday, Tallinn City Government decided to send a draft decree to the city council for approval, which would abolish attendance fees [..]

Latvia

Latvia bans mobile phones in schools

October 10, 2024

Latvia’s Parliament, the Saeima, approved amendments to the Education Law on Thursday to ban the use of mobile phones in schools up to and including Year 6 unless such devices [..]

Estonia

School principals’ employment contracts to become fixed-term

July 30, 2024

The Estonian Ministry of Education and Research has sent its partners a document of legislative intent on amending the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act, including a plan to [..]

Latvia

1,202 children of compulsory education age were not enrolled in Latvian education institutions last school year

July 23, 2024

In the last school year, 1,202 children of compulsory education age were not enrolled in Latvian education institutions, according to the public report of the State Education Quality Service (IKVD) [..]

Latvia

We have kept all our promises to teachers so far – Caksa

May 21, 2024

The Ministry of Education and Science has fulfilled all the promises made to teachers so far, Minister of Education and Science Anda Caksa (New Unity) said in an interview with [..]

Lithuania

Lithuanian justice minister warns against populism in discussion about Russian schools

January 11, 2024

Justice Minister Ewelina Dobrowolska said on Thursday that minority education in the country is facing problems, but they must be deal with by finding ways to help Lithuanian citizens obtain [..]