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Dienas Bizness reports that Latvian schools have long struggled to secure sufficient funds for educational materials. The situation has worsened since the implementation of the Skola2030 reform, according to the publication, which says that some children are now required to study the curriculum without the necessary resources. The same problem is said to affect classroom instruction. Although certain subjects are listed in the curriculum, the publication notes that lessons on these topics are not actually being conducted. For the 2027 budget year, the state plans to cut funding for textbook purchases from €9.13 million in the current year to €5.68 million, a reduction of 38 %. Liiene Voronenko, curator of education and employment at the Latvian Confederation of Employers, added that the European Union will no longer provide funding for printed textbooks—previously €5.5 million—resulting in a real cut of 61 %. Voronenko warned that the reduction would hit municipal schools particularly hard, as all students are required to meet the unified educational standard but some will have to do so without textbooks. Article source: Business & the Baltics | Image credit: Business & the Baltics
Dienas Bizness reports that Latvian schools have long struggled to secure sufficient funds for educational materials. The situation has worsened since the implementation of the Skola2030 reform, according to the publication, which says that some children are now required to study the curriculum without the necessary resources. The same problem is said to affect classroom instruction. Although certain subjects are listed in the curriculum, the publication notes that lessons on these topics are not actually being conducted. For the 2027 budget year, the state plans to cut funding for textbook purchases from €9.13 million in the current year to €5.68 million, a reduction of 38 %. Liiene Voronenko, curator of education and employment at the Latvian Confederation of Employers, added that the European Union will no longer provide funding for printed textbooks—previously €5.5 million—resulting in a real cut of 61 %. Voronenko warned that the reduction would hit municipal schools particularly hard, as all students are required to meet the unified educational standard but some will have to do so without textbooks.
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