Lithuanian education policy is developed in accordance with a long-term education strategy. First came the Concept of the National School (Tautinės mokyklos koncepcija), managed by Prof. Habil. Dr. Meilė Lukšienė. After the restoration of Lithuania’s independence, the General Concept of Education (Lietuvos švietimo koncepcija) was approved in 1992. The Lifelong Learning Strategy, adopted in 2004 and updated in 2008, is still in force today. 

The main aim of the strategy is to provide and define the guidelines for the development of lifelong learning and the means for their implementation, with an emphasis on vocational training and continuous adult education. 

The strategy sets these goals to:

1. Develop a comprehensive, coherent and cost-effective lifelong learning system that responds to the country’s strategic objectives and the needs of the individual in the context of globalisation.

2. Enable individuals of different needs and abilities to acquire, develop and change qualifications and competences that will help them to gain a position in the labour market and ensure the progress, competitiveness and sustainable development of the national economy.

3. Ensure the relevance of qualifications to the needs of the economy, their transparency, comparability, continuity of learning, and ensure occupational and territorial mobility through the establishment of a common and transparent qualifications system covering all levels of qualifications.

4. Improve the quality of life of individuals and their integration into modern society by developing non-formal, non-vocational and informal adult education using different types of adult education and cultural institutions distributed evenly throughout the country.

5. Provide a “second chance” for adults to acquire primary, basic and secondary education, to develop general competences and to increase the accessibility of lifelong learning services to different groups in society.

6. Enable staff working with adults to develop their skills, ensuring a high quality of service for adult learners.

7. Modernise the regional infrastructure for lifelong learning using EU support to ensure that learners receive the same quality of services across the country in different types of institutions.

8. Balance the funding of the different areas of continuous and adult learning to meet the diverse continuous learning needs of the country’s population, increasing funding for the most deprived areas.

9. Improve information and guidance to the population concerning lifelong learning opportunities at national and regional level, to develop career management competences, expanding forms of information to enhance motivation and skills for continuous learning, and improve forms of performance monitoring for continuous learning.