-'f:urn 3 rr Human Rights Twelfth session 28 and Council Forum 29 November on Minority Issues 2019 Thematic panel discussions 3, and the teaching languages>> of, minority 28 November.a <<Publicpolicy objectives for education in, STATEMENT Aleksei Semjonov, Minorities' Director, Education Legal and Information Minorities' Centre for Human Rights Participation in Decision Making: became of the Russian the case of Estonia Dear Chair! Dear participants! 1. The teritory of contemporary 1 700s. Article 12 of the Estonian tongue four education. of them In 1923 were funded in Estonian of all-Union schooling system, In 1989 Russian-speakers disenfranchised parliament several which schools after important laws, envisaged school guaranteed of Russian education, were which secondary of Soviet power, up to university up about of the population to elect 40% a single Russophone but most This including Basic and Upper Secondary classes) from 2000 training (however, both were part in of them representative (1992-1995). to Estonian-language there and level. independence Schools schools as an inalienable to get education of instruction in early to mother upper developed opportunities Empire the right regaining transition (last three failed of 1920 state. In the years but there made a part also a dozen school languages and hence elected were by the Estonian changes and Russian Constitution there considerable Estonian Estonia in Russian the deadline to the first parliament Schools upper were adopted Act (1993) secondary was postponed several times). Since that time the constant the right theme to education for political, public, on minority and legal language (primarily in Russian) remains debates. Legal Infoririation Centre for Human Rights Reg. No 80005922, J.K<51eri8, Tallinn 10150, Estonia, phone: (372) 6464270, fax: (372) 6464272, P-mqila rpntrp/alirhr pp hthia//uturut lirhr pp