59th secondary school was opened on 1 July, 1987.
The name „ Žemynos“ was given in 1993.
Gymnasium status was awarded in 1997.
Žemynos Gymnasium is an educational institution providing general basic and secondary education and giving an opportunity to study under the programme of secondary education. The Gymnasium is a two-step purified four-year educational institution.
The subject choice system in the Gymnasium is dedicated to developing mathematical, linguistic, social, economic, communication, information, art, sports and creative skills.
For deeper learning and covering the gaps of knowledge, additional modules are offered: Lithuanian, Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Information Technology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography and others.
In addition, you can choose to study a third foreign language (Japanese, Italian, French, Turkish, German, Russian) and modules of drawing, design and programming.
There are some non-formal education circles in the gymnasium. They are as follows: Business, Sports clubs, Arts, Dance, Choir, brass orchestra Jovaras, Theater, Design, Gymnasium Chroniclers, Young Philologists, Environment Protection, Information Technology, Foreign Languages, Athletics, Aerobics, Basketball, Volleyball , Football, Chess and Badminton.
Number of pupils, class sets and teachers in 2020/2021:
For 2010-2011 m Vilnius Žemynos gymnasium formed 28 sets of classes, enrolling 807 students.
Year I – 7
Year II – 8
Year III – 6
Year IV – 7
There are 77 teachers, including 18 Masters, 2 studying for a Doctoral degree and 3 studying for a Master‘s degree.
Gymnasium employs 11 expert teachers, 27 teachers-methodologists, 29 senior teachers and 10 teachers.