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Find the most recent country news and articles from the Eurydice network. You can search information by year and category. 

Find the most recent country news and articles from the Eurydice network. You can search information by year and category. 

Norway: A boost for higher vocational education

15 July 2025

Participation in higher vocational education in Norway is increasing. A recent white paper emphasises the role of vocational qualifications in addressing labour market skill shortages

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Latvia: Taking over the presidency of European Schools - emphasising European values and teacher well-being

10 July 2025

In June, Latvia officially took over the Presidency of the European Schools. The rotating presidency will start on 1 August 2025 and will last

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Spain: New civil protection training plan for schools

08 July 2025

A national plan has been launched in Spain to promote a culture of prevention and ensure that all members of the school community are prepared

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Montenegro: Education for the future - adopting the Education Reform Strategy 2025-2035

03 July 2025

This strategic document lays the foundations for a systemic, high-quality and sustainable reform of the education system, with the aim that every child has access

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Germany: Starting Opportunities Programme

01 July 2025

The Federation and the Länder agreed on the Starting Opportunity Programme (Startchancen-Programm). The programme aims to address the significant decline in skills development among many

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Slovakia: Teachers' salary increase and new remuneration system

27 June 2025

Slovak education staff will see a significant improvement in their remuneration. Parliament has approved an increase in teacher salaries and has introduced a new remuneration

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Netherlands: A ban on mobile phones in the classroom

26 June 2025

As of this academic year (2024/2025), the Dutch government came to an agreement with Dutch representatives of education organisations, teachers, parents, and pupils to ban

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Türkiye: ‘Young R&D’ initiative to foster a culture of research & development in schools

23 June 2025

The Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE) has launched a nationwide initiative entitled ‘Young R&D’ to support the early discovery and development of students’ talents

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Latvia: Digitalisation of higher education – a modernised study process, less bureaucratic burden, and wider accessibility for students

20 June 2025

By the end of 2029, large-scale digitisation of the study process will be implemented in higher education institutions of Latvia. This was decided during the

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Germany: Recruitment and training of teachers - designing additional pathways to teaching

19 June 2025

In June 2024, the Standing Conference agreed on further measures to ensure the supply of teaching staff by implementing the concept ‘Measures to Attract Additional

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