Following the switch to Estonian as the only language of instruction in schools, children from Russian-speaking families will not have to learn the Russian alphabet in Russian language classes alongside their Estonian-speaking classmates. According to the Ministry of Education and Research, Russian-speaking children will be given the opportunity to learn their first language and culture in separate classes.
Educated people moving to Ida-Viru County could be considered a patriotic act. It would give regional development new momentum and reinforce pro-Estonian sentiment, Erik Gamzejev notes in Vikerraadio's daily comment.
A memorial dedicated to an historic flight which saw a young, amateur pilot from the former West Germany nonchalantly fly a Cessna light airplane right into the heart of the Soviet Union, landing right in front of the Kremlin, has opened in Ida-Viru County.
A notable part of Kohtla-Järve students prefer other schools in the county to the state high school. 40 percent of the high school students in Kohtla-Järve study at the Sillamäe high school, 30 kilometers away, while Kohtla-Järve city authorities are accusing the institution of trying to create an elite, Estonian-language school, one which regular students cannot get into.
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