{"id":13711,"date":"2024-10-04T10:17:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T08:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/?p=13711"},"modified":"2024-10-04T10:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T08:17:44","slug":"facilitation-of-a-ukrainian-language-educational-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/monitoring\/facilitation-of-a-ukrainian-language-educational-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitation of a Ukrainian-language educational environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Draft bill #<\/b><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/itd.rada.gov.ua\/billInfo\/Bills\/Card\/44959\"><b>12086<\/b><\/a><b> of October 1, 2024<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Status:<\/span><\/b> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">sent for review to the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Education, Science, and Innovations<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cosponsors: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a group of 32 MPs from the Holos, Servant of the People, and European Solidarity factions and the Trust group with Nataliia Pipa as the first signatory<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Who is affected: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">participants in the educational process<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Summary:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"14\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ukrainian-language educational environment means that students and students will communicate with teachers, parents, and other staff in the school or university solely in the Ukrainian language, both during classes and in any other situations within the premises and territory of the educational establishment<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"14\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">educational establishments will have to create a Ukrainian-language educational environment. However, this rule will not apply if instruction is conducted in the languages of national minorities from EU countries, indigenous peoples, or if the instruction is conducted in English. Private educational institutions will have the right to choose the language of instruction, but not the language of the aggressor state.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is right: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the bill is intended to promote the use of the Ukrainian language in all areas of the educational process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is wrong: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the bill is meaningless and populist. It does not suggest any mechanisms for implementing the regulations regarding the Ukrainian-language educational environment or mechanisms for its enforcement (penalties for violations). Thus, it will be impossible to implement it. Furthermore, such innovations will only provoke more conflicts, so the value of this bill is dubious.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alternative solution: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to establish effective mechanisms to ensure a Ukrainian-language space in schools. Also, to invest in Ukrainian language courses for adults, children\u2019s groups, and information campaigns regarding the transition to the Ukrainian language for people of different ages and various social groups.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How to help the legislator:<\/span><\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/centreua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Zvernennya_gromadyan_z_propozytsiyamy_do_publichnyh_instytutsiy-.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">proposals<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> concerning the draft bill can be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rada.gov.ua\/zvernen\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">sent<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Education, Science, and Innovations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draft bill #12086 of October 1, 2024\u00a0 Status: sent for review to the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Education, Science, and Innovations\u00a0 Cosponsors: a group of 32 MPs from the Holos, Servant of the People, and European Solidarity factions and the Trust group with Nataliia Pipa as the first signatory\u00a0 Who is affected: participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":12100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[],"level":[],"area":[],"coauthors":[1023],"class_list":["post-13711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monitoring"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13712,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13711\/revisions\/13712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13711"},{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=13711"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=13711"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}