LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Education accessibility; Education change; Education reform; Education strategy; Education system; Memorandum of the lifelong learning; Švietimo sistema, švietimo reforma, mokymosi visą gyvenimą memorandumas, švietimo strategija, švietimo kaita, švietimo prieinamumas; Education accessibility; Education change; Education reform; Education strategy; Education system; Education system, education reform, memorandum of the lifelong; Learning, education strategy, education change, education accessibility; Memorandum of the lifelong learning.
ENIn this article the process of the education reform and its development in the schools of general education is analyzed from the teacher perspective. The results of the analysis show that most teachers respondents from Vilnius region Buivydiskes Basic School. Vilnius Žemyna Gymnasium and Vilnius S. Kovalevskaja Secondary School express their negative opinion about the education reform taking place already eighteen years. Only teachers from Trakai region Onuskis Secondary School had positive opinion about the education reform. The teachers of the schools of general education indicated the main disadvantages of the education reform, which are indefinite purposes of the education reform; the reform is implemented without scientifically proven education strategy and the necessary financial resources; the large majority of the society is disappointed with reforms. The respondents distinguished three main problems in a school today - salaries that are too low; the increasing number of students that have learning difficulties; the general lack of culture in the society and living environment. Teachers indicated such main problems for children in Lithuania - they are not protected from poverty; they watch too much violence, sexual scenes on TV and on the Internet; they are not protected from the danger of the drug abuse. [From the publication]