Lithuania 5.5

The vocational education system is regulated by the Law on Vocational Education and Training (1997) (last edition in 2024). According to the Law, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport is responsible for the vocational education system. The Ministry shapes and implements the vocational education policy, participates in the shaping of human resources development policy and implements it, approves general plans of vocational education, etc. In 2018, the Ministry adopted the Description of the Procedure for the Development and registration of Vocational Training programmes. The Description sets out the scope, structure and elements of the formal and non-formal vocational training programmes, and the procedure for the preparation, updating, evaluation and registration of the vocational training programmes or their modules.

According to the data of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport,  in 2025, there were 44 state vocational training institutions – vocational schools and training centres – in Lithuania. Vocational schools provide both training leading to a qualification, as well as basic or secondary education. The duration of programmes can be either two or three years, depending on whether it is intended to provide basic or secondary education, or adapted to persons with special needs. The duration of studies for students who have already acquired secondary education is 1 to 2 years. Vocational education and training programmes are developed by VET providers in cooperation with employers.

In 2025, according to the open vocational information system AIKOS, there were 805 registered vocational education and training programmes in Lithuania, and 90 of them were in the field of arts.

Table 30: Study programmes in arts and qualifications granted at vocational education establishments in 2025

Source: AIKOS