PARTIES’ VOX POPULI ⟩ Virve Linder: despite colossal amounts of money, the local youth still respond to an address in the state language with «chyo?»

2026-02-19 - 15:24

About a fifth of the students do not attend the Estonian language courses at the Ida-Viru County Vocational Education Centre on a regular basis. According to Narva mayor Katri Raik, this is partly the school’s own fault, but the school’s director, Hendrik Agur, considers Raik’s statement inappropriate. How should Estonian language teaching be organised in Ida-Viru County?