These examples should not be considered as single and isolated cases, they are becoming a trend. In this context, we would welcome including the following specific provisions in draft recommendations: 1. Any measures taken at the national level and related to the reforms of the education system, including educational establishments for minorities, should be taken in consultation with and participation of minorities. 2. States should pay particular attention to potential risks arising in the reform of education, and the development of programmes on prevention of the negative consequences of reforming the education system. 3. National education authorities should work to increase the share of the state language in secondary education curricula in a way that it does not make any harm to the quality of education in schools providing education to the persons belonging to national minorities.

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