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The Bottom of the Demographic Slump Is Still Nowhere in Sight: September Statistics Are Alarming

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Panevėžys kindergartens formed 19 fewer groups this year than last year as the number of children declined.
  • The municipality is seeking ways to preserve facilities and teaching jobs without closing kindergartens.
  • Officials expect the demographic decline to reach schools as smaller cohorts move through the education system.

Panevėžys is already seeing the effects of a falling birth rate in its kindergartens, and the demographic decline has not yet reached its lowest point.

The city’s nurseries and kindergartens created 19 fewer groups this year than last year. Fewer children mean fewer groups, and fewer teaching positions.

For now, the municipality is trying to avoid closing kindergartens. Instead, it is considering mergers, reorganizations and new education models to preserve the institutions and the jobs of their teachers.

But the decline will not stop at preschool. Smaller numbers of children are expected to reach Panevėžys schools soon, changing the daily reality of the city’s education system.

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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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