Vocational education and training in Lithuania : reform processes and tendencies

Abstract

The results of the research into vocational education reform in Lithuania are important in scientific, practical and political respects. The results indicate the tendencies and help to confirm hypotheses which can serve further scientific research. The changes in vocational education system and the causes of these changes, determined during the research, can be beneficial in developing further vocational education reform plans and programmes. From the political point of view, the research results form the basis upon which to evaluate the chosen reform strategies and thereupon form new political decisions