Re: Transition to Estonian instruction at Estonia's Russian-medium schools


Eugene Holman wrote:
> There is a long article in *Eesti Päevaleht* about the proposed gradual
> transition to Estonian instruction at Estonia's schools where Russian is
> the language of instruction. Other responsibilities preclude my being able
> to translate it now, but here is the gist:

It is good that Estonia is following Latvian educational reforms - as
they said they would last year. The pace is probably slower in Estonia
because the government still has residual communists in high positions
(Ruutel) - but it will work out eventually.

Thanks for the article, Hole-man.

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