Politicians agree to dump free education
Jun 20, 2007
By Arturas Racas

LESSONS TO BE LEARNED: The Minister of Education believes having fee-based higher education will improve quality, but students argue that the reform plan lacks strategy and vision.
VILNIUS - Lithuanian parents should start saving up for their children's college and university education because, as of 2008, there will no longer be any free higher education in the country. This was one of the key principles set out in an agreement on higher education reform that Lithuanian parliamentary parties signed on June 14.
"We are starting a very important reform, which I hope will be continued by future governments. This is the future of our country, the future of our youth," Prim ...
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