Ukraine to recognize 5 EU school education systems, including Estonia's
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- 12 Oct 2022
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Ukraine has agreed in principle to recognize the education systems of five EU countries, including Estonia, so thousands of refugee children studying in these countries will not have to repeat their schooling when they return home.
The agreement has been struck with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic, where thousands of women and children have fled since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February.
But concerns have arisen that children are continuing to study online with Ukrainian teachers rather than in schools in their new countries, Friday's "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported.
The details of the agreement will be confirmed within the next month, Minister of Education and Research Tõnis Lukas (Isamaa) said.
"Parents are afraid that if they [children] enter the Estonian education system, they will be switched out of the Ukrainian system and when they go back they will either have to start from scratch or, at the very least, their studies will not be recognized," he told AK.
"Now, even if people study in Estonia for a few months or a year, they can safely go back to Ukraine knowing their intermediate studies will be taken into account." Read More...
