Children study in Ukrainian with the opportunity to obtain a certificate of complete secondary education of the state standard of Ukraine and the right to further enter higher education institutions in France and Lithuania.
The International School of Ukraine was established in 2022 at the initiative of the Embassy of Ukraine in Lithuania. It already has branches in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai and Panevezys. More than 2000 students study in these cities and about 200 teachers work there.
Ukrainian state international schools of this type have been operating in 11 countries of the European Union for 15 years. Here, students study under a programme approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine.
In Lithuania, children learn Lithuanian, English and French from the first grade. In addition, in order to facilitate faster integration into Lithuanian society, additional Lithuanian lessons are held in day care centres, where other extracurricular activities can be engaged in, facilitating integration into the host community.
"Throughout the year that our five-day schools in Vilnius and Klaipeda have been open, we have regularly received requests from Ukrainian parents from all over Lithuania to open new branches of the school. Our people are everywhere. And there is only one Ukrainian school in Europe that provides a state-standard certificate and teaches according to programmes approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine. And this is our School."