Chapter 6: The Case of Lithuania

Before presenting the essential issues of internationalisation from different documents that govern the policy of education in Lithuania (since 1990), it is important to stress the transformation of Lithuanian education after the country regained its independence. The transformation explains not only the issues of internationalisation but also how the situation is different from other countries.

At the end of the 1980s, the Perestroika in the Soviet Union determined the movement of the Lithuanian national revival and the aims of education reform. Lithuanian teachers publicly declared their determination to develop Lithuanian national education in December 1988 during the Congress of Employees in the Education System of the USSR. This vision became the first significant strategic document for education entitled Tautinė mokykla. Mokyklų tipų koncepcijų projektai (The national school. Concepts of different school types) (Lietuvos TSR Liaudies švietimo ministerija. Pedagogikos mokslinio tyrimo institutas [Ministry of People’s Education of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Institute for Research in Pedagogy], 1989).