State to invest millions to improve Russian teachers' Estonian proficiency

Estonia hopes to receive €4.5 million from the European Social Fund over a period of seven years in order to improve the Estonian language skills of teachers in Russian schools. Once the funding is in place, teacher education for teachers will be just beginning.

Although universities claim to have educated a large number of Estonian teachers, many of them are not working in their field of study.

With the transition to Estonian-language education set to begin in 2024, finding thousands of language instructors for teachers in Russian schools, who are currently teaching in Russian is critical.

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