Saeima on September 20 in the final reading adopted amendments to the Education Law to introduce competence-based learning contents in education starting 2020.
Teachers' minimum statutory salary will be increased EUR 30 to EUR 710 in September, the Cabinet of Ministers agreed on September 11.
Following a meeting September 4, which saw the government postpone making a decision on raising teahers' pay, the Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees has decided to call industrial action which it had put on hold in expectation of a decision from government.
Students made their ways back the classroom after the long summer holidays September 3, taking flowers with them and celebrating the acquisition of new knowledge.
High schools that for several years in a row will fail to meet certain education quality standards might not receive budget funding for teachers’ wages under a draft regulation proposed by the Latvian Education and Science Ministry.
An agreement has been reached to raise the minimum monthly wage for teachers by €30 to €710. said Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis (Greens/Farmers) after the meeting with the Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Workers (LIZDA) on August 28.
Latvian Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis (Greens and Farmers Union) in talks with the Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Workers (LIZDA) will underscore that the timetable on raising teachers’ wages will be implemented, while LIZDA will be called to understand that not only teachers are waiting in line with demands for bigger wages.
More than 10,000 applications have been made to higher education institutions in Latvia for the forthcoming academic year, a significant increase on the number last year, reported the LETA newswire.
As we reported June 27, University of Latvia space scientist will in September be presented with the prestigious Europlanet award for her work promoting the space sciences in the Baltic region.
Latvians may not have gone to the moon or sent a probe to Mars, but a Latvia-based space scientist has won a prestigious award for her work promoting planetary science and knowledge of the cosmos.
There will have to be at least 25 students per class in high schools in Riga and other large cities, and at least twelve per class in high schools in the regions, according to the Education and Science Ministry's draft regulation on the minimum and maximum student numbers per class in high school, reported the LETA newswire.
Ministers of Education and Research of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed an agreement at a meeting in Estonia June 8 that enables automatic recognition of academic qualifications in higher education in all three countries, the Estonian government said in a release.
Two Latvian universities saw their international rankings decline while another saw its ranking included for the first time in the QS Top Universities report for 2019.
The Latvian Saeima on June 7 rejected a proposal to lower the school age in Latvia from the current seven years to six years, reported LSM's Latvian-language service.
Nearly 200 people were picketing in front of the Latvian parliament building on the morning of June 7 in support of reforming instructional content.
Plans to lower the school starting age in Latvia from 7 to 6 years of age hit a snag May 31 with a parliamentary committee reviewing proposed education reforms refusing to endorse the move.
The Vītols Fund, which provides scholarships to bright Latvian young people, has received the largest donation in its history - more than €3 million, the foundation announced.
Former MP and the board chairman of the little-known Action Party, Igors Melnikovs, has filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court about education reform aimed at switching to Latvian as the sole language of instruction at school, the Constitutional Court said May 2.
Irēna Kokina, the new rector of Daugavpils University, told Latvian Radio May 2 that in future it is important the institution attracts more students from other parts of Latvia and overseas.
The Russian State Duma on April 3 published a statement in which it voiced strong objections to new legislation in Latvia that will make Latvian the language of instruction in all state schools other than kindergartens, and called for economic sanctions as a result.
The Latvian government on April 3 upheld the amendments to the General Education Law and the Education Law which, among other things, provide for lowering the school age to six years from the current seven.
President Raimonds Vējonis on April 2 announced he had signed laws approved by Saeima that will see a gradual switch to Latvian-language teaching in schools that now use other languages for the bulk of their teaching.
Currently every tenth student in Latvia comes from abroad, according to an Education Ministry overview for the year 2017. LSM's Andris Saulītis looks at the long-term tendencies in Latvia's education exports.
March 22 saw a meeting of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee of Riga City Council approving regulatory amendments that will mean Chinese language will now be taught in one of the city's schools.
The city library in Valmiera, northern Latvia, has dug up a novel way of attracting readers back to its bookshelves - providing them with a dog.
Students should be allowed to take professional qualification exams and present graduation papers in any official EU language in which the given study program is taught, according to draft amendments proposed by the Latvian Education and Science Ministry to the Education Law, reports LETA news agency February 28.
The Latvian Saeima on February 8 sent language reform amendments for review in the Saeima Education, culture and science committee.
The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers agreed on January 23 to start gradual transition to Latvian as the sole language of instruction in schools on September 1, 2019.
The Digital Forensic Research lab (DFR), an organization that specializes in analyzing online content and flushing out so-called "Fake News" has turned its attention to a series of demonstrations in various countries concerning Latvian educational reform.
On January 22 a public initiative with more than 14,000 was sent to the Saeima asking to preserve bilingual education in Latvian schools.