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Teaching and Learning in Vocational Lower Secondary Education

Lithuania

6.Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education

6.5Teaching and Learning in Vocational Lower Secondary Education

Last update: 18 April 2024

Curriculum, subjects, number of hours

The organisation of lower secondary education and VET in VET institutions (where students pursue a vocation and at the same time complete one of the levels of the general education) is primarily based on the general education and VET teaching plans and curriculum descriptions for the relevant year. In the current academic year, the organisation of education is based on the General Education Plans of the Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Education Curricula for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 School Years, Description of Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Education CurriculaGeneral Plan of the Vocational Education and Training Curriculum for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 School Years, the Description of Formal Vocational Education and Training Curriculum, and other legal acts.

Preparation of VET institution’s curriculum

The VET institution prepares its own curriculum for the implementation of general education and VET in accordance with the above-mentioned legal acts. The school’s curriculum describes the implementation of education contents, provides solutions on how to organise the education process, how to evaluate pupil achievements, how to organise practice etc. It is recommended that a working group composed of representatives of the school’s community be formed to prepare the school’s curriculum. The VET provider approves the school’s curriculum before the 1st of September of the school year.

Lower secondary education and VET: subjects and number of hours

The organisation of lower secondary education is coordinated with the implementation of the relevant VET curriculum. The following is the number of lessons in Part 2 of the lower secondary education curriculum implemented together with a 60-credit VET curriculum in the form of school-based group in-person or distance learning:

 

 

Fields and subjects

Number of hours  

per week 

Total number of hours 

to implement the curricula

 

 

Ethics/religion 

 

 

Religion 

1

37

 

 

Ethics

 

 

Languages

 

 

Lithuanian language and literature

5; 4

168

 

 

Native language (Belarusian, Polish, Russian, German)

4

148

 

 

Foreign language (first)

3

111

 

 

Foreign language (second)

2

74

 

 

Mathematics and information technology

 

 

Mathematics

4

148

 

 

Information technology

1

37

 

 

Science education

 

 

Biology

1; 2

54

 

 

Physics

2

74

 

 

Chemistry

2

74

 

 

Social education

 

 

History

2

74

 

 

Basics of civic education

1

37

 

 

Economics and entrepreneurship**

1**

37**

 

 

Geography

1; 2

54

 

 

Art education

 

 

Art

1

37

 

 

Music

1

37

 

 

Physical education, human safety

 

 

Physical education

2

74

 

 

Human safety**

0.25**

9**

 

 

Total hours for general education subjects 

29; 31*

1,090; 1,164*

 

 

Total hours for general education subjects and 60 credits for VET

 

2,410; 2 484*

 

 

Socio-civic activities

10

 

 

Hours for the pupils' educational needs and learning support

242; 207*  

 

Non-formal education  

154

 

* For national minority language groups;

** Can be integrated into the VET curriculum: the content of the General Curricula in Economics and Entrepreneurship and Human Safety can be integrated into the VET curriculum, but it is necessary for the pupils to acquire the competences specified in these general education curricula, and this must be documented in a register.

Teaching methods and materials

The VET institution’s general education teachers and VET teachers have the right to choose the ways and means of organising their teaching activities.

More detailed information about teaching methods and materials used by general education teachers are provided in sub-chapter 6.2.2. ‘Teaching Methods and Materials’.

More detailed information about teaching methods and materials used by VET teachers are provided in sub-chapter 6.14.2. ‘Teaching Methods and Materials’.