Education Minister turns away university students

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Education Minister turns away university students

Jun 18, 2008
By Adam Mullett

STUDENT LIFE NO MORE: The new education minister said that Universities are turning out too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

VILNIUS - The new Education and Science Minister, Algirdas Monkevicius, has spoken out against too many students wanting to go to university. In a statement which is bound to cause controversy in some circles he called the situation “unnatural.” About 90 percent of school graduates want to go to university directly after high school. Monkevicius said that he believes that young people should pursue vocational studies. Monkevicius’ comments reflect a situation whe ...

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