Integration monitor is a daily Latvian press digest on ethnic minority and society integration issues. The Monitor reviews the biggest Latvian dailies: Diena, Latvijas Avize, Neatkariga (in Latvian language), Vesti Segodnya (in Russian language). In specific cases other information sources are used. Latvian Centre for Human Rights is not responsible for information published by the media.

• Vesti Segodnya: Ombudsman Juris Jansons compared teachers in minority schools who have insufficient state language proficiency with murderers
• Leader of the nationalists’ union Raivis Dzintars: Latvianisation of education system would be a real support to the Ombudsman

The Ombudsman Juris Jansons in an interview with radio Baltkom compared Russian minority schools' teachers who are not proficient in Latvian language with incompetent doctors whose work may lead to death of the patient. Later the Ombudsman explained that comparing the teachers with murderers is a metaphor and stressed that he wanted to say that teachers should be especially competent in knowledge of their subject and proficient in Latvian language. The Ombudsman informed the State Language Centre about seven teachers in minority schools and the State Language Inspection punished six of them. The Ombudsman stated that teachers who are not proficient in Latvian language break the law and rights of children. Vesti Segodnya

Leader of the nationalists’ union All for Latvia! Raivis Dzintars stated that Latvianisation of education system would be a real support to the Ombudsman. Raivis Dzintars believes that amendments to the Education Law should set a specific date when the education in state funded schools will be transferred into Latvian language only, for instance, it can happen in 2018 when Latvia will celebrate its 100th anniversary. “After that we can discuss – whether to start with kindergartens or primary classes or as proposed by the Ombudsman to transfer education in Latvian only in all secondary schools” – said Mr. Dzintars. Latvijas Avize