The bill was sharply criticized by individuals and various associations.
Latvia is preparing to make a decision on a gradual withdrawal from Russian language as a second foreign language in educational institutions.
About this writes Delfi.
It is noted that Russian is taught as a second foreign language in almost half of Latvian schools, since some of them do not even offer an alternative.
With new changes From the 2026/2027 academic year, schools will be required to gradually offer students one of the official languages of the EU or European Economic Area (EEA) member states as a second foreign language. Russian is not one of these languages.
“In the 2027/2028 academic year, a second foreign language will be taught in grades 5 and 6, in the 2028/2029 academic year – in grades 5, 6 and 7, in 2029/2030 academic year – in grades 5, 6, 7 and 8, and in the 2030/2031 academic year – at the entire level of basic education (grades 5-9) “,” the message says.
Despite this, the bill was heavily criticized by individuals and various associations. They stated that abandoning the Russian language for political reasons is unacceptable.
Recall that Kharkov businessman and philanthropist Yuri Sapronov was taken off the air because he spoke Russian.
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