Due to rapid changes in society (economic and social) the number of socially and pedagogically neglected children is increasing in Lithuania, schools are not appropriately prepared to accept children that got into asocial environment and create favourable conditions for their adaptation and education, because little resources are allocated for them, there is a shortage of qualified specialists; schools are not provided with proper technical education means, which guarantee successful functioning of integrated education system; there is not enough information, prepared references and prevention means in order to eliminate the reasons of ineffectual learning. Thus the assessment of state of Lithuanian general education schools is purposeful in order to correct and optimize the process of education, highlighting and determining the reasons of ineffectual learning. Purpose of the work: to explain the reasons of ineffectual learning at general education schools and the influence of family for ineffectual learning. Tasks of the work: • To survey various scientific pedagogical, psychological literature with reference to the problem being examined. • To reveal the reasons of ineffectual learning of pupils (4-10 grades). • To analyze the influence of family for ineffectual learning of pupils. • To prepare references for parents, whose children confront with troubles in learning and for pedagogues, who work with pupils experiencing failures in learning. Methods of the research:... [to full text]