Accordingly, the schools with Russian and other languages ​of education are subject to the same standards of equiping the classes, as are Lithuanian schools. The law fundamentally worsens the situation of minority schools in Lithuania. If the previous version of the law contained a provision on the right to secondary education (from 1 to 12 class) in the mother tongue, the new edition indicates that ALL topics relating to the history and geography of Lithuania, surrounding world and basics of civics to be taught in Lithuanian. The transition to teaching subjects in the national language degrades the quality of education and the effectiveness of the educational process in schools of national minorities. After all, the right of national communities to teach children in their native language, accepted as the norm in the modern world, intends to make it easier for children to study, to make the understanding of complex educational material more accessible and comfortable and preserve the national identity. We already see a frightening trend, when the parents of pupils, faced with these educational "experiments" are beginning to send their children to Lithuanian schools. Therefore the end of schools with Russian and probably Polish language of education is foredoomed. In the near future they will simply cease to exist due to lack of students. Multiple studies have shown that learning in a language other than native, especially at an early age puts children and adolescents under a severe stress. The need to understand and explore large amounts of educational information in a non-native language greatly hinders cognitive and intellectual abilities of the students, and causes a psychological shock. Instead of making the learning process fun and interesting, we'll have to expose our children to the moral and psychological torture. In accordance with the old version of the law, in the schools of national minorities all subjects except the Lithuanian language and literature could be taught in their own language .

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