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The government and local and regional governments have not created the prerequisites that would guarantee equally high-quality primary education in the school closest to the place of residence, as a result of which children acquire primary education with significantly different opportunities and results in Latvia, as the State Audit Office of Latvia has concluded in an audit. There is a single standard for primary education, laws and regulations are observed, and schools are accredited; however, differences exist in practice in school such as a number of teaching hours, assessment of student performance and provision of support that can affect the quality of education and student growth significantly. In their turn, accreditation process, educational development planning and quality monitoring tools do not form the basis for safeguarding high-quality primary education currently.
In their turn, the examples of best practice identified during the audit, as well as the opinions of experts from the focus group organized by the State Audit Office of Latvia have been summarised in video stories by representatives of education boards and schools included in the audit sample, as well as experts. They are available on the YouTube.com channel of the State Audit Office.
