the teaching workforce of lithuania although trained to a bachelor degree level displays numeracy skills lower than those of other tertiary graduates and lower than the average level of teachers in oecd member countries participating in the survey of adult skills figure competitive scores used in higher education admissions which are based upon matura examination scores show that the minimum score required for entry teacher education programmes is consistently much lower than that required for the most popular and selective field medicine table the principal provider of teacher training programmes the nation s pedagogical university has received a limited institutional approval from the nation s higher education quality assurance body and debates are underway about the way in which programmes and institutions can best perform initial teacher education