“You constantly like to flatten things out: if I criticized something somewhere – when will they take it down, or when will they behead, or something else. It is not the time for beheadings now,” the head of state told journalists on Thursday.
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“We need to talk and we need to look for solutions together so that the education sector lives with different moods, so that the promises we make to teachers are fulfilled,” he emphasized.
BNS wrote that the head of state said this week that he would like to ask the Minister of Education whether she wants to solve problems or just simulate solving them.
Responding to G. Nausėda’s criticism, R. Popovienė herself said that she respects the president’s opinion, but the solving of problems is definitely not simulated.
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Confidence in the minister was expressed by Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius.
G. Nausėda emphasized that all government representatives are interested in solving education problems and there is no confrontation, but there is a lack of determination to take action.
“Certainly, none of us are on different sides of the barricades, we all want the same thing. Only maybe next time more determination and willingness to talk and solve problems together is needed. We will do this, I have no doubt,” the president said.
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