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• Survey: 61% of the respondents believe the schools should not teach the pupils to sacrifice their lives for Latvia

 

The public opinion research centre SKDS conducted a survey "Good School: Wishes and Evaluations" commissioned by the conservative ideas society "Populares Latvia". When asked whether the schools should teach the pupils to sacrifice their lives for Latvia, 17% of the respondents supported and 61% rejected the idea. The views of ethnic Latvians and minorities are similar on this issue. The director of the SKDS Arnis Kaktins believes these answers are linked to the readiness of the parents themselves to sacrifice their lives for the state and eventually show rather low trust of the society towards the state. The most popular subjects are English language and sports/physical training: 80% "definitely support" teaching English at school and 77% "definitely support" teaching sports/physical training at schools. 47% of Latvian-speakers "definitely support" teaching Russian language at schools and 41% "rather support" teaching Russian at schools, while 77% of Russian-speakers "definitely support" teaching Russian at schools and 22% "rather support" teaching Russian at schools. 33% of respondents support Christian teaching at schools, while 56% believe that the schools should not interfere with this issue, because religion is a private or family issue. Latvijas Avize, Vesti Segodnya