Algirdas Monkevičius EN

Lithuanian Education, Science and Sport Minister Algirdas Monkevicius will on Thursday propose suspending the educational process for two weeks.

Lithuanian Education Minister Algirdas Monkevicius says he's ready to resign if he fails to reach agreement with teachers' on their demand to increase funding.

It is possible, after two or three years, for teachers’ wages to be 20-30% higher than the country’s average wage, Minister of Education, Science and Sports Algirdas Monkevičius told LRT Radio. According to him, for this there is need for national consensus and a long-term plan, lrt.lt writes.

Minister of Education, Science and Sports Algirdas Monkevičius is starting meetings with education trade unions. The trade union, which organised a teachers’ strike in December states it will repeat its demands on raising hourly wages and reducing class sizes, lrt.lt writes.

The new chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Stanislav Shevchuk, is visiting Vilnius on Monday to meet with Lithuania's officials and discuss support to the Ukrainian legal system reform.