The Lithuanian government will no longer fund tuition fees for Ukrainian refugees, Brussels Signal reported on July 16, citing local media.
However, according to a Brussels, Belgium-based news site, despite the government's move, some universities have announced that they will finance Ukrainian students' higher education on their own.
“We coordinate all aid measures for Ukrainian citizens living in Lithuania to meet the needs of the Ukrainian state, in cooperation, but without encouraging brain drain from Ukraine,” the Lithuanian Ministry of Education, Science and Sports said.
According to BNS, the Lithuanian authorities have made it clear that they will continue to cover tuition fees for Ukrainian students who were enrolled in the country's higher education programs before September last year, but will no longer provide such funding to newly arrived Ukrainian students.
A pro-Ukrainian rally in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. About 83,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Lithuania since Russia launched its military campaign in Ukraine, but the number has been decreasing over time. Photo: LRT
Following the government's decision, several universities in the small Baltic nation have decided to continue exempting tuition fees, including Vilnius College in the Lithuanian capital.
The school will fully fund the education of all Ukrainian students from its own resources and promises to accept 25 new students.
It would give "young people the opportunity to get higher education, our university could help Ukrainian citizens who are suffering from the war," said Lina Bivainienė, a spokeswoman for Vilnius College.
Tuition fees are not the only changes coming to Ukrainians looking to study in Lithuania.
Additionally, according to the Lithuanian National Information and Support Center for International Students, Ukrainian citizens applying for undergraduate, short-term and full-time programs as well as state-funded studies, will be subject to the same general admission procedure as Lithuanians.
From September this year onwards, there will be no separate quotas for Ukrainians. Accordingly, they will be admitted to Lithuanian higher education institutions under the same procedure as Lithuanian citizens, with access to university programmes depending on their grades upon enrolment.
According to Lithuania's education authority, in 2023, the Baltic state has allocated 4.6 million euros to finance the education of more than 1,000 Ukrainians.
Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) reported in April that up to 30 Ukrainians were registering in the country every day; Ukrainian citizens make up the largest share of foreigners with residence permits in Lithuania, followed by Belarusians.
Minh Duc (According to Brussels Signal, LRT)
Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/litva-se-cham-dut-mien-hoc-phi-cho-nguoi-ti-nan-ukraine-204240717103633181.htm
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