Estonian Minority Education Legislation

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 98 20:58:40 -0500
From: MINELRES moderator <[email protected]>
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Subject: Estonian Minority Education Legislation

From:   MINELRES moderator   ([email protected])

Original sender: De Varennes Fernand ([email protected])

Estonian Minority Education Legislation

I have been advised that a new Estonian Law is now in place which provides
for private Russian-language minority schools to be fully funded by the
government and that these are to replace public schools in Estonia using
Russian as the main medium of instruction. Is there someone who could tell
me where I could obtain a French or English version of the law, and whether
full funding means funding to the same degree as public schools?

Any comments on reactions to this law from members of the minority?

Europaische Akademie/Accademia Europea
Weggensteinstrasse/Via Weggenstein 12 a
I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano
Fax +39 (0)471 30 61 99 20
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>From the moderator: a collection of the Estonian legislation can be found on
the Estonian MFA web site at http://www.vm.ee/laws/index.html (including Law
on Adult Education, Law on Basic and Upper Secondary Schools,  Law on
Cultural Autonomy for National Minorities, Law on Education, Law on Language
, Law on Pre-School Child Institutions, Law on Private Schools). However, I
don't know if all these texts are up-to-date. 
Boris
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