The analysis done for KEP has concluded that the place artistic and cultural education occupies in school programs as insufficient[1], though many of the measures put in place by the SCRIPT have in the meantime addressed this topic in national primary and secondary education.
Music education is strongly supported, with around 18,000 students taught by 750 music teachers[2] learning at various local courses, in three conservatories, eight music schools, four regional music schools in agreement with UGDA and more than 25 music courses provided by UGDA.[3]. Nevertheless, both the governmental coalition programme and the KEP have called for significant improvements in music education. The government programme 2018-2023 foresees the reform of the law on music education (now in realisation) with the objective to strengthen the role of music as a cultural vector and to facilitate access to music lessons for children and young people, guaranteeing access to music education for the entire resident population, and improvement of cooperation between music schools and conservatories and educational and childcare establishments. Assuming that every student should have access to free music lessons, free admission to the first years of music education has been introduced in 2022 in consultation with music schools and conservatories and municipalities throughout the country. In addition, the fees among the different music schools will be harmonized to guarantee equality for students wishing to participate in music lessons.[4] For instance, individuals can benefit from public financial aid to attend a music school.[5]
More generally, artistic education forms part of the school curricula, though at different degrees depending on the level and the subdivision in the secondary education. In classical secondary education for instance, students can chose between eight thematic sections to pursue their baccalaureate, amongst them a section “Arts” and a section “Music”. In general secondary education, students can continue with the initial vocational training in one of five streams, notably an “arts stream” (the oldest such school, the Lycée des Arts et Métiers, was founded in 1896 and offers courses namely in animation drawing, graphic director, cinema and audiovisual, game art and art design).
Private schools such offer rich arts programmes, often linked to international opportunities for their students, from participating in a Luxembourg-British drawing class to earning a certificate from the esteemed London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
[1] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 145.
[2] https://men.public.lu/en/actualites/communiques-conference-presse/2021/05/210504-bachelor-enseignement-musical.html; Accessed 18 November 2021.
[3] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 145.
[4] Les partis de la coalition DP, LSAP et déi gréng (2018) Accord de coalition 2018-2023, p. 89.
[5] See more: https://www.ugda.lu/fr/ecole-de-musique/enseignement-musical/aide-etatique
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