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• LASHOR elaborated draft amendments to the regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers on the standards of general secondary education
• Linguist Dzintra Hirsa supports the requirement to demonstrate Latvian language skills for non-citizens willing to receive the status of the EU permanent resident

The Latvian Association for Support of Russian-Language Schools (LASHOR) has elaborated the draft amendments to the regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers on the standards of the state general secondary education and on the standards of school subjects. LASHOR proposes to determine that the number of hours on minority language and literature in minority schools should not be less than the number of hours on Latvian language and literature in Latvian schools. According to the LASHOR’s proposal, graduate exams on minority language and literature should be compulsory in schools implementing minority education programs.

The Latvian Association for Support of Russian-Language Schools (LASHOR) has elaborated the draft amendments to the regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers on the standards of the state general secondary education and on the standards of school subjects. LASHOR proposes to determine that the number of hours on minority language and literature in minority schools should not be less than the number of hours on Latvian language and literature in Latvian schools. According to the LASHORs proposal, graduate exams on minority language and literature should be compulsory in schools implementing minority education programs. Chas, Vesti Segodnya, Latvijas Avize

A linguist and the former head of the State Language Centre Dzintra Hirsa supports the adoption of the requirement that non-citizens willing to receive the status of the EU permanent resident have to demonstrate Latvian language skills. According to Dzintra Hirsa, this requirement would raise the prestige of the state language. As reported, the President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga did not proclaim the Law on the Status of the EU Permanent Resident and returned it back to the Saeima for repeated revision. The President argued that Latvian non-citizens have specific rights and they do not fall in the category of third country nationals. Therefore, Latvian non-citizens must not prove their permanent and legal residency in Latvia and demonstrate their state language skills.

A linguist and the former head of the State Language Centre Dzintra Hirsa supports the adoption of the requirement that non-citizens willing to receive the status of the EU permanent resident have to demonstrate Latvian language skills. According to Dzintra Hirsa, this requirement would raise the prestige of the state language. As reported, the President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga did not proclaim the Law on the Status of the EU Permanent Resident and returned it back to the Saeima for repeated revision. The President argued that Latvian non-citizens have specific rights and they do not fall in the category of third country nationals. Therefore, Latvian non-citizens must not prove their permanent and legal residency in Latvia and demonstrate their state language skills. Latvijas Avize