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• Head of the Secretariat of the Special Assignment Secretariat for Social Integration Kristine Vagnere: improved programme on social integration will be finished in November
• NRA features an article about the implementation of the education reform in minority schools

According to the Head of the Secretariat of the Special Assignments Minister Kristine Vagnere, the Secretariat is working at new and improved programme on social integration in Latvia which will be forwarded the Cabinet of Ministers in November. The document is developed by a group of experts on various integration areas and represents state institutions, NGOs and independent researchers. The effective integration programme which was adopted in 2001 expires this year.

According to the Head of the Secretariat of the Special Assignments Minister Kristine Vagnere, the Secretariat is working at new and improved programme on social integration in Latvia which will be forwarded the Cabinet of Ministers in November. The document is developed by a group of experts on various integration areas and represents state institutions, NGOs and independent researchers. The effective integration programme which was adopted in 2001 expires this year. Chas, Vesti Segodnya

NRA features an article about the implementation of the education reform in minority schools. According to the Director of the State General Education Evaluation Agency under the of the Ministry of Education and Science Evija Papule all minority schools have submitted their first reports on the implementation of the reform. Mrs Papule reported that the provided information shows that schools have problems with material and technical resources, however, attitudes of parents, students and teachers towards the reform have improved.