Meandry litewskiej polityki oświatowej w szkolnictwie mniejszości narodowych
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Brandos egzaminai; Gimtoji kalba; Lenkų švietimas Lietuvoje; Tautinės mažumos; Švietimo politika; Education policy; Maturity examinations; National minorities; Native language; Polish education in Lithuania.
ENThe most important goal of the Polish community in Lithuania is to maintain and improve the Polish education which was formed within decades in different histori-cal circumstances. The aim of this process was to develop an attractive and modern education based on a native language and a native culture. Over the last 20 years native education has survived despite the attempts of Ministry of Education to unify education system in Lithuania. The amendments of the Law on Education adopted by the Lithuanian Parliament on 17 March 2011 undermined the basis of existing system which has been functioning for decades. It also introduced the unified exam starting from 2013 without taking into account the significant differences in the programmes’ content and the number of lessons. In order to compensate this disproportion, less number of words and more mistakes were allowed for the graduates of national minorities schools. In 2013 the first unified exam of Lithuanian language has been introduced. This study explores an influence of the reform on graduates’ results. A comparison of 2010–2012 results with unified exam grades shows the significant differences. [...]. [From the publication]
