The requirements for obtaining a matura certificate remain unchanged, but in order to pass the exam, students will need to score 25 points instead of the previous 35. For the first time, high school graduates will be allowed to retake not only the failed Lithuanian language and literature exam, but also the second part of the state mathematics exam during the same academic year. They can choose to take the same course in which they failed the exam, or course B if they failed course A. A few months before the main state maturity exam session, high school graduates can also test their knowledge by taking optional trial exams. 

Heads of schools and other educational institutions, or candidates for such positions, will only need to undergo one competency assessment and will no longer be required to undergo reassessment every seven years. Heads of educational institutions will still be required to have a positive competency assessment and meet the established qualification requirements. The term of office for heads of institutions will also remain unchanged – heads will be appointed for a five-year term.

2025

The Minister of Education, Science, and Sports together with the Minister of Health, have adopted recommendations allowing schools to establish rules that help pupils develop responsible and conscious skills when using their technological devices. It is recommended that the use of pupils' personal mobile phones and other information technology devices be limited in pre-school and general education schools and/or when participating in educational activities organised by a school outside the usual school environment. Exceptions apply to grades 9–10 and I–IV of the gymnasiums as part of achieving their intended educational goals. In situations where there are pupils who, due to their health or other objective circumstances, need to use their personal devices or where it is necessary to immediately contact parents (guardians, carers) or emergency services, this will be exempt.

The updated Matura Certificate in 2025

According to the Procedure for the Issuance of Certificates and Matura Certificates, from 1 February 2025, Lithuanian school graduates who have finished secondary education (after completing the secondary education curriculum), and have also passed at least two state Matura examinations (Lithuanian language and literature plus one self-selected), will be issued certificates in this updated format. 

2024

From 2024, Lithuanian school graduates who pass the Matura examinations will receive a digital Matura Certificate in Lithuanian and English. 

This is enshrined in the amended Procedure for the Issuance of Certificates and Matura Certificates which entered into force on 15 May 2024.

The Matura Certificates can be accessed (viewed, downloaded and printed) at the Register of Diplomas, Certificates and Qualifications. Certificates are deemed to have been issued when registered in the Register of Diplomas, Certificates and Qualifications (including a registration number) after the school prepares these certificates. 

To have the Matura Certificate approved by a notary public, it must first be downloaded and printed from the Register of Diplomas, Certificates and Qualifications and signed by the school principal, either by hand or electronically, and stamped with the school seal. Afterwards, a notary public certifies the Matura Certificate by issuing the Apostille.

The amended procedure has also changed the form of the certificate of learning achievement issued to a person holding the Matura Certificate who has additionally taken or retaken the Matura Exams (to obtain a higher score), and/or completed the specific subject course (to obtain a higher annual evaluation).

A government decision adopted at the end of 2024 states that a school’s general education programme, or part of it, can be suspended if it fails to meet at least one of the criteria for such programmes and the school is unable to correct the deficiencies within a year. General, specific and additional criteria for school performance are set out in the Law on Education. Their quantitative and qualitative meanings are set out in the Rules on the Establishment of the School Network approved by the government.

These procedures will apply to both state and non-state schools. If a school is found not to meet some of the criteria, a time limit (up to one year) will be set in which to remedy the deficiencies. If the school fails to correct the identified deficiencies within the deadline, it would be closed and the pupils would have to be transferred to another school.