Choosing to study in smb State-established institution of higher education or college, the student has the opportunity to study for State budget funds. The number and distribution of budget places in university and college programmes is limited and different, and it changes every year. Budget places are allocated by evaluating student success. In the case where the possibility of studying as State budget funds or undertaking studies in a private university has not been acquired, students shall pay the fees for their personal resources.

Three types of financial support are available to students: a study and student loan with a guarantee provided on behalf of the State, as well as a commercial credit. The following types of credit are available to students who will start or already study in accredited study programmes:

• study credit means a loan from the funds of credit institutions guaranteed from State budget to cover the fees for studies;
• student credit means a loan from the funds of credit institutions, which is guaranteed from the State budget, in order to ensure the social needs of students, for example in order to cover the costs of rent, transport, etc.;
• commercial credit - credit institutions offers credits to both full and part-time students. Credit calculators are available on credit institution websites, which offer to calculate the amount of available credit, monthly interest and maturity. The commercial credit is suitable for students who have not been able to obtain a credit with the guarantee provided on behalf of the State.

Students of both full and part-time study programmes may apply for the loan guaranteed by the State and the student. You can apply for these credits at Altum Co-operation Banks. More information on the conditions for the granting and repayment of studies and student credits is available in ALTUM website.

A student's credit may be issued repeatedly for the acquisition of a programme at the same level of study and for the subsequent acquisition of a first-level vocational higher education, bachelor's, second-level vocational higher education, master's and doctoral studies programme, but the reimbursement of the student's credit shall not be deferred and shall take place in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 231, Regulations regarding lending of studies and students to studies in Latvia from the funds of credit institutions, which are guaranteed from State budget resources, Paragraph 42. The amount of student credit may be increased for the continuation of the study programme already initiated but not completed, unless it was initially taken for the full duration of the study programme.

State budget grants

To State budget grants only students who have successfully passed the necessary examinations within the specified time period, as well as have fully obtained the number of credits provided for the relevant semester of the academic year, may qualify for receipt. Where two or more students have equivalent results of success and scientific performance, according to Cabinet regulations regarding the granting of grants the social material circumstances of the student are taken into account and the scholarship is primarily granted:

• a person with disabilities;
• an orphan or a child left without parental care until the age of 24;
• a student from a family with poor family status;
• a student from a multi-child family;
• a student who has one or more children.

Social scholarship for students from multi-child families

In the autumn semester until September 20 and in the spring semester until February 20, students from multi-child families using e-service Scholarships for students of multi-child families - Studationgods, you can apply for a social scholarship in Studationgods.” The social scholarship “Studationgods” according to Cabinet Regulation No. 740 of 24 August 2004, Regulations on Scholarship any student who:

• is up to and including 25 years old;
• comes from a multi-child family;
• No maintenance debts;
• the results of centralised examinations in maths are not lower than 30%, in Latvian by 40%;
• the average mark of subjects in the secondary education document shall not be less than 6 balls;
• has not previously obtained higher education;
• study in the higher education institution established by the State of Latvia;
• study in lieu of budget or fee studies;
• study full-time;
• a successful higher education institution without academic debts;
• the weighted average for the previous semester shall not be lower than 6 balls;
• the violations specified in the internal regulatory enactments of the higher education institution have not been determined;
• not in a study break.

The amount of the social scholarship “Studationgods” shall be EUR 160/month, which the Higher Education Institution pays monthly, 10 months a year, transferred to the current account indicated in the student's application. The grant shall be awarded to studies in one higher education institution and one study programme.

Mecenate scholarships

Universities and the development funds established therein, as well as private angels and companies, offer scholarships awarded by mecenate, natural and legal persons, as well as various special scholarships. Information on the types of scholarships, application deadlines and award conditions is available on the websites of the relevant universities, development funds, and on the websites of private angels and companies.

The student can apply for and receive both the State budget and the mecenate scholarship at the same time. Information regarding the necessary documents, which must be submitted in order to apply for the receipt of a State budget grant, may be obtained by the department administration of the relevant institution of higher education.

Grants for doctoral candidates

At the beginning of the academic year, 14 Latvian higher education schools shall implement the open competition for doctoral grants, in which both existing doctoral candidates and scientific doctorate candidates and new doctoral candidates may apply. The beneficiaries will receive a doctoral salary of €1,000 per month (including the income tax and social guarantees), as well as the potential costs of research and mobility of €400 per month. More information Ministry of Education and Science website.

Grants for studies abroad

Latvia has concluded intergovernmental and interdepartmental agreements on cooperation in education and science, which also provides for the granting of scholarships to students, researchers and trainers from Europe and other countries around the world. On the basis of these agreements, Latvian students, researchers and faculty take the opportunity to study, study or work in foreign universities, or to participate in summer courses. Information regarding foreign scholarships is available to the State Education and Development Agency website. This information shall also be published Ministry of Education and Science.

Mentoring

One of the types of support available to students in higher education institutions is the mentoring program. You can be interested in the mentoring program in your choice higher education institution. This mentoring programme is often linked to the objective of supporting the successful integration of freshman students into the learning environment, by helping to understand the arrangements in the higher education institution through senior students, as well as by providing support for uncertainties.

Tasks raised more frequently by mentoring programmes:

• developing social links between students;
• facilitate the rapid presentation of students to the bodies and internal arrangements of the higher education institution;
• encourage students to make more active use of support services provided by the higher education institution;
• to motivate and interest students in education and employment planning;
• promote students' awareness of the study process, available free counselling, involvement in creative activities and sporting activities.

Student corporations

Participating in student corporations is a great way to fit into the environment of higher education institutions. Students' corporations have a daily opportunity to meet not only with students, but also with professionals who have already graduated and specialists from different fields. Membership of the corporation provides ample opportunities for self-development and meaningful leisure. Today, student and student corporations are still guided by the principles expressed in their objectives and moods, advocate for Latvian culture, traditions and values, and promote the academic and personal growth of each member. There are 23 student and 13 student corporations in Latvia. More detailed information about corporations is available on the website www.pk.lv (for students) and www.spk.lv (for students).

Psychological support

Training in a higher education institution may be linked to a number of challenges, so several higher education institutions in Latvia offer students the support of a psychologist. Such advice and support should be addressed at the higher education institution where the study is carried out. Advice can help you better understand yourself, think about important issues, understand your feelings, consider your options, make choices. In the psychological counselling process, the student, together with a psychologist, addresses certain life difficulties or problems, important issues relating to studies, mutual relations and feelings.

If you are an unemployed person registered in the State of Employment Agency and you are unemployed for at least 12 months, then the European Social Fund project “Subsidised Jobs for the Unemployed” has the possibility to receive Individual Psychologist advice. More information about the psychologist's advice is the State Employment Agencies website.

The growth of students and the acquisition of practical work experience in higher education institutions are driven by a variety of activities, such as career counselling, the possibility of pursuing professional practices in a company or organisation.

Career consultation

Individual career counselling is available in higher education institutions and is provided in higher education career centres. These centers offer different kinds of free counselling and practical help to existing students as well as alumni. Career centre services are provided, for example University of Latvia, Riga Technical University as well as other higher education institutions.

In the context of career advice, you can find answers to the following:

• Is the selected study programme appropriate?
• What do I do after the end of the studies?
• How to understand and implement your professional intentions?
• Where and how to look for a job?
• How is it best to prepare a description of the lifestyle (CV) and a letter of motivation?
• As well as answers to other issues related to career creation after graduation.

Career centres also offer a variety of opportunities to participate in educational seminars and lectures on career choices, as well as a job interview simulation training that enables you to try to answer questions that you might ask during a job interview.

Career counselling also offers State Employment Agency. Highly qualified career advisers provide advice on career selection, job search, professional fitness and other career-related issues. To apply for career counselling CV/Vacancy Portal under the heading “Applying for Career Consulting“. Apply for Career Consultation CV/Vacancy Portal you can only if I am officially registered as an unemployed person or a job seeker in the State Employment Agency. If you are not registered as an unemployed person or a job seeker, you may apply to contact the State Employment Agency. Contact details of branches are available at the State Employment Agency website.

Useful - Searching a workplace

One of the solutions that can help in job search is the State Employment Agencies CV/Vacancy Portal in which you can take advantage of the following options provided by the portal when you are looking for a job:

• search for Vacancy (available by selecting the “Connect” option);
• Register a CV (available by selecting the “Connect” option);
• application for the status of the unemployed person or job seeker (available by selecting the “Connect” option);
• application for competitiveness-enhancing measures (available if you are officially registered with the status “unemployed” or “job seeker” in the State Employment Agency, selecting the “Connect” option);
• application for EURES advice(available if you are officially registered with the status “unemployed” or “job seeker” in the State Employment Agency, selecting the “Connect” option). At EURES advisers you can also get online counselling in a chat room;
• labour market short-term forecasts;
• information materials;
• e-training (available by authorising). In this section, you can learn from one of the training modules, such as “How to create an effective job search strategy”. At the end of the training, the knowledge test must also be carried out.

A useful source of information is also a website www.profesijupasaule.lv, which aims to broaden the picture of the diversity of professions and posts, as well as to provide information on the content of the work and the requirements imposed on individuals employed in particular occupations or positions. Website www.profesijupasaule.lv for each profession, a description of the profession, an interview with a person working in this profession, a photograph gallery and the possibilities for acquiring the profession in question are available.

More detailed information on job search is available in the description of the life situation Unemployment benefit and job search.

Practice

Professional practice provides an excellent opportunity to familiarise yourself with the working environment of an undertaking or establishment, and provides an opportunity to apply the acquired knowledge within the framework of the study programme in practice. Practice can take place both in Latvia and abroad.

Practice (as part of the study process) is intended within the framework of vocational study programmes. For the most part, higher education institutions provide students with places of practice in a variety of companies, institutions and organisations with which the university or faculty have concluded cooperation agreements. In the process of searching for and finding places of practice in higher education institutions, a career centre can also be assisted by providing information on the labour market, on employers' practices and job offers, on career opportunities, on the possibilities to pursue practices in different organisations, in line with the student-selected study programme, the professional interests and expectations of each student.

The State Employment Agency shall organise a “Development of skills needed for work” event in cooperation with associations/foundations and higher education institutions (universities, academies, universities, colleges). The event may involve unemployed persons registered in the State Employment Agency aged 18 to 29 (including) enrolled in the higher education institution's on-the-spot study programme (involving the development of working skills in higher education institutions), and unemployed persons with disabilities without age limitation (involving the development of working skills in associations/foundations).

Latvian National Library

Libraries and the services they provide can become a useful resource for students in each study programme and course and for any other citizen, regardless of age and interest. There, any user can use free Internet and free-access computers. You can find your nearest library Latvian Library Portal or in the Latvian Cultural Data Portal www.kulturasdati.lv under the heading “Library”.

Latvian National Digital Library is the largest digital storage of publicly available documentary heritage in Latvia, with significant resources such as Periodicity, Books, collection of digitised photos Lost Latvia, Collection of historical sound recordings in Latvia and others collections.

Joint seeker of the National Digital Library of Latvia www.lndb.lv helps to search for objects in all digital collections - books and e-publications, periodicals, pictures, photographs, cards, small prints, handwriting, notes and sound recordings in resources created by the Latvian National Library and partners, as well as the search for records of the Latvian National Library.

If you have registered as a user in a public-interest library, university or special library, you can search for and order books, newspapers, and so on remotely:

• Electronic libraries of national importance in the co-catalog;
• In Virtual Heights and Special Libraries in the co-catalog;
• Latvian National Libraries catalogues and databases.

Latvian National Library provides access for online subscribed databases. Several of them are also available to registered library readers outside the library. Readers can log in individual access and study materials, regardless of location.

Using “PRIMO", it is possible to search the necessary at the same time in the General Catalogue of State Interest Libraries, databases formed by the National Library of Latvia and online subscribed databases. Is also available by the user manual in which you will find detailed information about the user's capabilities, search process, and results.

Readers of the Latvian National Library may apply for free individual or group training sessions in which to learn the search for information in catalogues and databases:

• by filling in application form (applying for an indication of the course of interest and the desired training time);
• when writing to an institution  e-address;
• phone calling 67806113;
• when writing e-mail to konsultants@lnb.lv.

Latvian National Libraries basic services the range will include inquiries and advice on:

• library services and their availability;
• library stock;
• the availability of specific expenditure in the library stock;
• search for information, etc.

However, if you are interested in a specific topic, that is available information service, as well as the in-depth selection of information and the drawing up of lists of literature. You can view libraries for service charges in Price List.

In particular for researchers a variety of information resources are offered, staff support for better disclosure and a creative environment for studies.

On request, you can get consultation from an expert in the sector which will help in the field of deeper research, such as the development of research work (paper, course, bachelor's or master's).

Latvian National Library offers to digitize the expenses or parts of the Latvian National Library collection selected by the readers. You can get acquainted with a library item offer in the electronic directory. You can view the service charge in Price List.

Library readers can also use interlibrary subscription the benefits provided and to order and read expenses from the Latvian National Library in the nearest library.

The ability to read different themes and genre books online electronically for free 3 TD E-Books Library available to registered users of municipal public libraries on the website www.3td.lv. To receive an e-book in reading, you must register with the site and be approved as a system user in one of the public libraries. You will then be able to read electronic books remotely from wherever the Internet is available. You can also receive the authorisation data of the 3 td E-Books Library by calling or writing to one of the public libraries of Latvian municipalities and by registering remotely as the reader of the particular library.

National Archives of Latvia

The services provided by the National Archives of Latvia are useful for any resident of Latvia and abroad, using them to ensure their social and legal interests, education and research, as well as lifelong learning and hobbies. The archive may require copies of archive statements or documents, as well as use of the accumulated documentary heritage in the on-site and virtual reading rooms. You can find the nearest archive in Latvia's National Archives website or in the Latvian Cultural Data Portal www.kulturasdati.lv under the heading “Archives”.

The National Archives of Latvia has created a number of important databases and virtual archives. Electronic databases created by the Latvian National Archives are available together in the archive portal www.eresursi.arhivi.gov.lv under the heading “Databases”.

One of the largest storage sites for photographs, films and sound recordings in Latvia is the digital storage of the National Archives of Latvia www.redzidzirdilatviju.lv. Interested people will find information about archived films, photos, and sound recordings, and you will be able to view video, photo and sound recording files for archival documents that do not have access restrictions. In the digital storage, you can also get acquainted with your archive specialists. Thematic collections. You can view the content of your digital storage, search for information and forward or print it, free of charge, and without registration. If you want copies of photographs, movies, or sound recordings, you can order them using the archive e-service “Order a copy of audiovisual documents”.

The largest repository of digitised archive documents related to family research is Raduraksti. Digitised documents are available free of charge on the portal: church books, 18-19 th-century soul audits lists, population census materials, Home Books and other documents to be used for building a family tree. Equally available Latvian National Passport Database (20th century, 20-30 years), University of Latvia student Database in which information is available free of charge regarding persons who have commenced studies at the University of Latvia in 1919-1944 and whose documents can be found in the Archives of the State of Latvia, as well as other archival materials. The data is available to registered system users. Registration shall be made by filling in registration form.

Created by the Latvian National Archives List of Latvians deported it shall be possible to check whether your relatives or any other known people have been among the deported residents of Latvia. The check is free and should be performed by entering the names and names of the persons in the portal seeker.

Maintained by the National Archives of Latvia LPSR in the archive of KGB documents it is possible to consult without charge the documents which indicate the activities of the National Security Committee of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Latvia (KGB) during the occupation of Latvia. The documents available in the archive shall contain the names and names of persons who were somehow involved in the activities of the State Security Committee. Much of the documents are in Russian and handwriting. Individual documents are only available in the archive to registered users. For example, a file for operational staff of the National Security Committee. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the portal before you explore the documents for consumables.

To view archive documents that cover a wider area than the current Latvia, visit “Cross-border e-archive” portal. The 19 th century documents from the Estonian, Latvian and Russian archives can be consulted online for free. The portal includes files, cards, church books and various other documents of students and handlers of the higher education institutions of Tartu, Riga and St. Petersburg.

Latvian National Archives Unified Finder Search-line provide a search in the Unified State Archives Information System, which contains information regarding funds, files and documents in the archives of the National Archives of Latvia. You can also search for fund and file names Latvian National Archives in Latvian National Archives Database where you will also find the digitised Accounting Lists (file descriptions) of the archive funds.

The National Archives of Latvia also offers to familiarise themselves with archive documents, which are free services. Interested persons may apply for work in the reading room by completing the form of the application and may submit it to the archive:

• by filling in online registration form on site www.eresursi.arhivi.gov.lv;
• when writing to an institution  e-address;
• in any in the body of the institution;
• when sending by e-mail to any organisational unit of the institution.

Also available in the National Archives of Latvia industry Library, which offers to any interested party expenditure on archives, archiving, Latvian history, the history of Latvian institutions, genealogy and other areas related to cultural heritage. The library also offers training and counselling, including free training with electronic catalogues and archaeological databases, tours through the library, provides thematic and factual references and advice on the library and how to use it.

Hugo.lv

You can use different documents for translation and understanding www.hugo.lv where the following are proposed:

• machine translator;
• voice fusion capability (reading the text in a synthetic voice);
• voice decryption tool (passage of speech in written text).

Students with dyslexia or weakness can use speech synthesis, namely the wording function of written text, to facilitate the perception of text. Using the wording function, you can download the result in MP3 format. Hugo.lv also offers a speech decryption function (passage of speech in written text), such as recording lectures, and easier learning of teaching material or other non-teaching purposes.

The platform shall ensure:

• Latvian, English and Russian translation – you can upload a document that needs to be translated (including PDF and PPT, XLS and other text document formats);
• translation of one word with synonyms (linking to www.termini.gov.lv) to find the most relevant name.

Service hotels

Several higher education institutions provide an opportunity for students to rent space in their service hotels. They can also get a rent discount. It is necessary to address the higher education institution in which you are already studying or starting studies to find out whether such an opportunity is being offered. For example, the Council of Students of the University of Latvia and self-governments of other students of higher education implement the Social Programme, created with a view to supporting students who need social assistance, and offers students living in service hotels to obtain up to 50% of the rent for the semester.

Fare reliefs in the administrative area of Riga City

Any student, regardless of the age and study programme, who gains higher education in one of the educational institutions registered in the administrative territory of Riga City, is entitled to fare relief. The binding rules of the Riga City Council provide for this. On fares incentives in the Riga City public transport route network. The binding rules state that students whose residence is declared in Riga and who are studying in a higher education institution registered outside Riga are also eligible for discounts. Students studying full and part-time study programmes can travel at a discount in Riga public transport.

In order for a student to purchase travel tickets for ease in public transport in Riga, it is necessary to make a personalized e-voucher. E-talon is a single electronic ticket. More detailed information on the types of e-voucher is available in the “Riga Traffic” website section. Tickets”.

Students are offered two ways to apply for a personalized e-voucher:

• by filling in questionnaire “Riga Traffic” on the website;
• located in one of the “Riga Traffic” for customer service centres.

When you log in electronically, you will need to go to the selected customer service centre after the e-voucher, because it is not sent to your home. On the other hand, if an e-voucher is applied to the customer service centre, it shall be made on-the-spot within a few minutes.

It should be noted that at the end of the student status you do not have the right to use the public transport of Riga City with the facilities available to students.

Residents of Riga City municipality who have difficulty in moving and who cannot move with public transport have the opportunity to apply for the local government allowance.

Fares relief in other cities and municipalities of the Republic

You can find out about the fare incentives in another city and county in the relevant city council or municipality. Contact details of the City Council of the Republic and municipality municipalities are available in the Latvian Union of Local Governments website.

Fares relief on urban and regional routes

In public transport, urban and regional routes are entitled to a number of categories of passengers, in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 414 of 22 June 2021, Regulations on Driving Charge Relief:

• Persons with Group I or Group II disabilities and persons under 18 years of age with disabilities, presenting a disability certificate together with a personal identification document or a student's certificate, if the disability certificate does not contain a photo, as well as a person accompanying a person with Group I disability or a person under 18 years of age with a disability, have the right to use the public vehicle free of charge carrying passengers on the urban and regional routes.
• Children orphaned and left without parental care who are in foster families, guardianship, childcare institutions or training in general and vocational education institutions, as well as in universities and colleges up to the age of 24, shall be entitled to use a public vehicle carrying passengers on a regional route free of charge when presenting a certificate for the provision of social guarantees.
• Politically repressed persons shall have the right, when presenting a politically repressed identity card, and members of the national resistance movement, to use, free of charge, a public vehicle carrying passengers on a regional route.

In order to take advantage of the free movement of public transport, passengers with such rights must purchase a free or “zero” ticket. This may be done at ticket offices (terminal, railway station) or at the driver of the public vehicle.

Regional cross-city and local bus routes and train routes also have the right to benefit multi-child family members. Members of the multi-child family who continue to acquire general, professional, higher or special education, but not longer than up to the age of 24, showing Latvian Honor Family Certificate “3 + Family Card” and a personal identification document or student's certificate, shall be entitled to a fare allowance of 90% of the full price of the journey ticket by means of a public vehicle carrying passengers on a regional route.

Documents attesting the passenger's right to a discount (identity document together with Latvian Honor Family Certificate “3 + Family Card” or a pupil, a student's certificate), must be accompanied both at the time of the purchase of the ticket and during the journey.

For students with special needs who need special access and support, higher education institutions in Latvia are trying to adapt the environment and training process. For example, Riga Stradins University with a view to creating equal opportunities for higher education for all, including students with visual, hearing and mobility disabilities, as well as students with dyslexia or dyslexia (difficulties in planning and coordinating movements), provide support measures at different stages associated with studies, starting with the choice of an appropriate study programme and ending with the adaptation of study materials. Students also have access to alternative opportunities to meet the requirements of study courses and to use innovative learning methods, access to training or monitoring, assistive products or assistive technologies, application of the requirements of study courses to individual capacity and modification of the test form.

Assistant for Higher Education

The right to the services of an assistant is for a person with a disability group I or II, if it has restrictions on the functioning of vision, movement or mental nature, or the State Commission of Health and Capability Examiners has determined medical indications for the special adaptation of a passenger car and the receipt of a benefit for the reimbursement of transport expenses, and the assistant is required to perform activities outside the dwelling, the person of which cannot be performed independently because of restrictions. More detailed information on disability design is available in life Disability certificate and allowance.

The amount of the assistant service is determined at a constant level (15-160 h/month), depending on the person with disabilities in the engagement activities (work, training, regular medical procedures, etc.) and the level of aid intensity determined (high or very high support is required). The amount of the service shall be determined in accordance with the assessment of the necessity and aid intensity of the assistant service performed by the local government social service in accordance with the Cabinet Regulation No. 316 of 18 May 2021, Regulations Regarding the Questionnaire of Assistant, Satellite and Care Services for Persons with Disabilities, Annex 1, Questionnaire “Assessment of Need for an Assistant Service outside the Home Environment and Determination of Aid Intensity”.

Persons to whom an assistant service has been granted in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 316 of 18 May 2021 Provisions regarding the provision of assistants, escorts and care services for persons with disabilities will have the right to receive the assistant service in accordance with these rules by 31 December 2021.

The State paid assistant service shall be provided by the social service of the local government of the declared place of residence of the student. In order to receive a service, the student or his or her legal representative must provide an application regarding the granting of an assistant service in the social service of the local government of his or her declared place of residence. Application may be submitted

• when writing to an institution  e-address;
• by sending an e-mail to the social service of the local government of his declared place of residence.

It should be noted that the person will have to go to the relevant local government social service after submitting an electronic application in order to assess the actual need of the person for the assistant service.

If a person with disabilities has indicated an additional address in the administrative territory of another local government for a specified period of time when declaring the place of residence and actually resides at that address, he or she has the right to apply with an application to the social service of the local government where the person actually resides. More detailed information on the declaration of residence is available electronically in the description of the life situation Declaration of a place of residence.

The social service of the local government shall evaluate the situation and decide on the most favourable solution for the person (transfer the application according to the declared place of residence or decide on the granting of the assistant service). In a situation where a decision is taken to grant an assistant service, the local government social service may check and make sure that a person with disabilities does not receive an assistant service in another local government for the period in question. The social service may ask a written statement from a person that she will not request an assistant service in several municipalities at the same time. More detailed information on the services of an assistant in the local government for persons with disabilities is available in the website section of the Ministry of Welfare Assistant service for disabled people in the municipality.

Surpass-translator services
Surpass interpreter services shall be provided for up to 480 academic hours during one training year (classes, counselling, seminars, examinations and other activities related to the acquisition of an educational programme) in vocational primary education, vocational secondary education and higher education institutions. The service is provided in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 250 of 20 April 2021, Procedures by which the Latvian Blind Society and the Latvian Union for the deaf provide social rehabilitation services and provide technical aids - tifyotechnics and surdotechnics. The services of the surpass interpreter are administered by the Latvian Union for the deaf.

In order to receive the service, the person or legal representative must provide an application for the necessity of a surpass interpreter service in the Latvian Union for the deaf. May submit a submission:

• Electronically by signing with a secure  electronic signature and by sending an application to  e-address or to email;
• sending by mail;
• on-site.

Training leave

In the case of training in an educational establishment in parallel to work, according to Section 157 of the Labour Law, you have a right, plan a training vacation. There are two types of training leave:

• compulsory training leave to be granted for a period of 20 working days due to the staff member for the development of a diploma or for the completion of national examinations. It shall be granted regardless of the time the employee has worked with the employer and shall be applied for by submitting an application and a statement from the educational institution to the employer;
• training leave for other training needs, granted regardless of the level of education, in accordance with the contract of employment or the collective agreement, which can be received by the employee for the completion of the semester tests, teaching practice, attending lectures, etc. This leave does not have a limit on the level of education, it can be obtained regardless of whether the employee is in secondary school, college or higher education, but it should be noted that the worker's right to such tuition leave falls within the competence of each workplace.

Tax refund

One of the types of eligible expenditure under Cabinet Regulation No. 336 of 31 July 2001, Regulations Regarding Eligible Expenditure on Education and Medicated Services there are expenses associated with getting higher education. Expenditure for the acquisition of higher education shall also include expenditure on training in the preparatory departments, expenditure on training courses in higher education, annual fees specified in the educational institution or educational establishment, fees for first and repeated examinations, fees for applying for studies. If you have received a study credit for covering educational expenses from the State budget or a credit institution, the eligible costs of all the credit received for the use of educational services shall be included in the tax year in which you have started to repay the received study credit. Eligible expenses are indicated by submitting an annual income statement to the State Revenue Service Electronic declaration system (EDS). More detailed information on eligible expenditure and the annual income statement, the process for submitting it, can be found in the description of the life situation Annual income declaration.

Offences in the educational process

Students of higher education institutions have the right to report irregularities in the educational process. Knowledge of their rights and compliance with their duties makes student life easier in a higher education institution, but consideration should be given to difficulties or conflicts in the study process, which should be addressed first by communicating with the parties involved. However, if you suspect that rights are being infringed, you may take the opportunity to refer to the director of the study programme or to the department's dean, rector, rector, academic arbitration. If the problem is initially not resolved by addressing one of the above parties, the additional possibility is to apply to the student authority of their higher education institution, or Latvian Students Association. More detailed information on the possibilities of students' interest representatives to defend rights and on the possibility to participate in these organisations is available to themselves on Facebook Profile and associations website.

You can also file a complaint relating to breaches in the educational process State Service of Quality of Education. The complaint can be sent electronically to the State Service for Education Quality,

• using the e-service authority's website “Electronic application”;
• when sent to the institution  e-address, or to e-mail ikvd@ikvd.gov.lv.

Hygiene violations, health threatening conditions in higher education institutions, service hotels

Compliance with hygiene requirements in higher education institutions falls within the competence of the institutions themselves, because there is no regulatory enactment in Latvia that determines hygiene requirements for higher education institutions. On the other hand, hygiene requirements for service hotels are laid down Cabinet Regulation No. 137 of 11 April 2000, Hygiene Requirements for Service Hotels, the enforcement of which is controlled Health Inspectorate. These Cabinet regulations shall specify the hygiene requirements for the premises and fitting of the service hotel, water supply, sewer, room heating, ventilation and lighting, as well as the sanitary state of the premises, equipment and equipment.

Health Inspectorate supervision and control of service hotels and the hygiene requirements specified thereto shall be performed in accordance with the supervision programme of the current year and the specified frequency of supervision, as well as in the case of applications (complaints) or after other information regarding an inappropriate hygiene condition. The possibility of submitting an application, complaint or proposal to an institution may:

• using an e-service Application Health Inspectorate;

• sending to  e-address.

Offences relating to social assistance and services

Students who are recipients of social services and their relatives or guardians may submit Ministry of Welfare addressed applications, complaints or proposals on social assistance and social services Social Services and Social Assistance Law and in the cases and procedures specified in other regulatory enactments. The application may be sent to the Ministry of Welfare  e-address.

The State Education Quality Service (SEQS)

The Ministry of Education and Science (MES)

The Culture Information Systems Centre (CISC)

The Ministry of Welfare (MW)

The National Library of Latvia (NLL)

The National Archives of Latvia (NAL)

The Association of the Deaf of Latvia (ADL)

The Student Union of Latvia (SUL)

The State Employment Agency (SEA)

The Health Inspectorate (HI)

The State Medical Commission for the Assessment of Health Condition and Working Ability (SMCAHCWA)

The State Revenue Service (SRS)

Studies in Latvia and abroad

Adult education and lifelong learning

Digital libraries

Annual income declaration

Useful information when abroad