Conservatives want to destroy Russian in lessons: School leaders do not understand suggestions
Lithuanian school lessons are held in the Russian school. There are five such lessons a week. Conservatives suggest that these students speak Lithuanian much more often.
« All public things: geography, history, economics and other things are being developed in the official language. Instead of 5 %, at best, the state language in Russian -speaking schools could reach 50 % of all things, » explained Conservative President Laurynas Kasčiūnas.
Alexei Pushkinas Gymnasium Director Alexei Crime does not understand suggestions, saying that the history and geography of Lithuania are still taught in Lithuanian.
« If we were to drop Russian and English lessons from the average total number, about a third of all lessons are taught in Lithuanian, » said Mr Perez.
In addition, according to the director, all textbooks from which children learn are also Lithuanian, so other subjects teach teachers in part in Lithuanian.
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Jonas Petkevičius, Vice -Minister of Education, Science and Sports, is in no hurry to support the Conservative suggestion. However, he says that next year there will be more Lithuanian lessons in national minority schools.
« The number of Lithuanian language and literature lessons in schools will be increased, at least the same as in Lithuanian schools, » said J. Petkevičius.
This is at least seven hours a week.
Conservatives in Lithuanian schools also offer to teach immigrants, such as Belarusians and Ukrainians.
« Our path should be such that they should go to Lithuanian schools that ensure education in the state language after a certain transition, intensive Lithuanian language learning, » said L. Kasčiūnas.
A Ukrainian who has lived in Lithuania for ten years and has learned the language tells about a five -year -old Ukrainian boy who started to go to the Lithuanian kindergarten. There he learned the Lithuanian language very quickly and well.
« Two years later, he entered school and is now studying in elementary school without any problems or effort.
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However, other familiar Ukrainians decided to take their child to a Russian school. Although the Lithuanian language was taught here, the child did not teach it well. Ukrainian children even in Russian schools are even gone, becoming loyal to Russian culture.
« They do not enter the Lithuanian information bubble, Ukrainians. They close in the Russian information bubble, the Russianness is » cool « for them, something modern, » said Ponomarenko.
The ruling Ukrainian children will not force them to go to Lithuanian schools.
« Children have the right to learn and be educated in the language that is native. Our law provides the opportunity to learn their mother tongue, » Petkevičius said.
Another suggestion of the Conservatives is to eliminate a total of Russian kindergartens. There are conservative supporters.
« Five hours is not enough, pre -school education is a place where the basics need to be placed. It would not be divided here whether it is a Lithuanian or a group of Russian speakers, or even a Polish group, its preschool should only be Lithuanian, » explained Vaiva Juškienė, Dean of Vilnius College Pedagogy.
However, the Ministry of Education and Sports is not yet in favor of these proposals.
