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Latvia: Pupils performed best in English, worst in math in 2023/2024

Via BalticaJuly 2, 2024May 10, 202601 mins

In the 2023/2024 school year, Latvian ninth-graders performed best in English exams, with an average score of 63.9%, and worst in mathematics, with an average score of 43.2%, according to data from the National Centre for Education (VISC), LETA reports. Both results were lower compared to the previous year, when students averaged 66.1% in English…

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Latvia: Plan to reduce physical education in secondary school

Via BalticaJuly 1, 2023January 13, 202401 mins

Latvia’s National Centre for Education (VISC) has proposed a draft regulation that would cut the number of hours of physical and health education in secondary school by 128 hours in the academic year 2024/2025, DELFI reports. Under the plan, sports and health courses would take 187 hours instead of 315 hours at present. In place,…

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