Minister of Education Gulnaz Shafikova about the Bashkir language, school fees and the postponement of Knowledge Day. Rustem Khamitov announced the possible abolition of the Bashkir language in the schools of the republic. Is the Bashkir language taught in Bashkiria?

On August 1, in an interview with Rossiya radio, the Minister of Education of Bashkortostan, Gulnaz Shafikova, said that the Bashkir language will remain compulsory for study in schools from grades 1 to 9.

Its study is carried out within the framework of the federal state standard and is ensured by the Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the minister noted.

The decision to study Bashkir as the state language, according to her, is made by the school’s collegial council. At the same time, the school decides which language will be studied as a native language together with parents. The class can be divided into groups to study different languages. However, this will only happen if there are at least 7 people in the group. According to Gulnaz Shafikova, the ministry understands that today the Bashkir language should be studied as a foreign language and this requires a completely different teaching methodology.

Echo of Moscow - Ufa Original publication *** Minister of Education Shafikova said whether the Bashkir language will be compulsory in schools? Today, the host of the Radio Russia Bashkortostan radio station, Natalya Sannikova, interviewed the Minister of Education Gulnaz Shafikova. She answered the most pressing questions that worried the public this spring and summer.

The minister explained in detail how parents can teach their children their native language.

“If you, as a parent, applied to the school with a statement that you want your child to study the Bashkir language as a native language, and there is a group of such people in the class, then the school will have to provide you with such conditions. If, say, in a class of 20 children, 10 write Bashkir to their native language, and 10 write Tatar to their native language, the school will consider the possibility of dividing the class into groups and providing conditions for teaching their native language. The parent’s statement is fundamental,” the minister explained and clarified that the group cannot consist of less than seven people.

Also, 67% of children of non-Russian nationality can choose to study in their native language. These are Bashkir, Tatar, Mari, Udmurt, there are even German, Latvian, Ukrainian and other languages.

When asked about studying Russian as a native language, the minister replied: “We don’t even consider Russian, because in all our schools they study Russian as a state language. But if parents write in their application that they choose Russian as their native language, and they have a subject, as we talked about, chosen by them themselves, then the school will divide classes into groups where they will study one native language and another native language "

In response to the most pressing question: “Will Bashkir be studied as a state language in our schools?” Gulnaz Radmilovna said the following: “This is an important division, and we must understand that Bashkir as a state language is studied here from grades 1 to 9, its study is carried out within the framework of the federal state standard and is ensured by the Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan and our law “On Education.” All children from grades 1 to 9 study Bashkir as the state language one or two hours a week. And everything else is at the request of the parents. But Bashkir as a state language is studied by decision of the school’s collegial council.”

The minister’s answer is not entirely clear: is the study of Bashkir as a state language still mandatory or by decision of the school’s collegial council? We will clarify this issue.

The minister also assured that textbooks and teaching methods will be reviewed. This is the most pressing issue, which caused parental indignation.

ProUfu Original publication

23:58 — REGNUM

In Bashkiria, after a period of relative calm, controversy has flared up again around the study of state and native languages ​​by Russian-speaking schoolchildren in schools and classes with Russian as the language of instruction. The discussion arose after the publication of data from the prosecutor's audit and an interview with the head of the region Rustem Khamitov one of the publications where the topic of teaching the Bashkir language was touched upon. Interviewed IA REGNUM experts agreed that language policy in the republic should be in full compliance with federal legislation.

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Prosecutor's inspections together with representatives of Rosobrnadzor on the study of the Bashkir language took place in the republic's schools in mid-May. As the chairman of the committee for protecting the rights of Russian-speaking schoolchildren told the agency Natalya BudilovA, about 300 schools were inspected. The audit showed that in most schools of the republic, the Bashkir language as a state language is included in the mandatory part of the main general education curriculum as a compulsory subject, while this discipline can only be included in the part of the curriculum formed by the participants in educational relations, that is, it must be included into the curriculum only at the request of the parents.

Let us remind you that a prosecutor's audit in schools revealed facts of infringement of the rights of parents to choose curricula, their non-compliance with the Federal State Standards (FSES), curricula are adopted without taking into account the opinions of parents in schools in Ufa, Neftekamsk, Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk, Baltachevsky, Blagovarsky, Gafuriysky, Davlekanovsky, Sterlitamak districts, which contradicts the requirements of Article 44 of the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”. In many schools, the Bashkir language is taught to the detriment of the study of the Russian language: for example, in the compulsory part of the MOBU curriculum (with Russian as the language of instruction) in the village of Imendyashevo, Gafuriysky district, the number of hours in the first grade allocated to the study of the Bashkir language was 5 hours, allocated for the Russian language only 2 hours.

Parent activists believe that the violations became possible due to pressure on school management from the Ministry of Education of Bashkiria and representatives of district administrations, who enter into a contract with school directors and may not renew the contract in case of “disobedience.” Directors were forced to adopt the curriculum that was beneficial to the regional Ministry of Education and officials, that is, a training plan with the Bashkir language. Directors of Russian-language schools and employees of the Ministry of Education of the Republic deliberately misled parents that the Bashkir language was a compulsory subject to study. Even on the website of the Ministry of Education there were old curriculum plans in which the Bashkir language was a compulsory part.

According to Budilova, for several months they collected complaints from parents of schoolchildren from different regions of Bashkiria, published on the website of the government of the Republic of Belarus and official responses from officials. Parents said that their children, in violation of the law, are practically deprived of the opportunity to choose any subjects other than the Bashkir language to deepen their knowledge. There were other facts of violation of the educational rights of students. “Parents from Sterlitamak approached me, they told me that in a regular school with teaching in Russian, despite the protests of parents, the Bashkir language was introduced already in the first grade, although according to the law, the Bashkir language as a state language can only be studied from the second grade, if this parents wish. In one of the gymnasiums in the city of Yanaul, all schoolchildren of different nationalities from the second to the 11th grade studied the Bashkir language 3 hours a week as their native language in addition to two hours of Bashkir as the state language, for a total of 5 hours a week,” noted the consultant of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Russian-Speaking Schoolchildren Bashkiria Galina Luchkina.

According to those present at the inspection, many school directors showed complete incompetence in the field of legislation in relation to the study of native and state languages. At first, some directors flaunted: “What do we care about this inspection, we are not afraid, there is someone to stand up for us,” but later, having become convinced of the precariousness of their position and its inconsistency with federal legislation, they changed their minds.

From the response of the republican prosecutor's office dated May 25, 2017 to Budilova, it follows that the republican prosecutor made a submission to the head of Bashkiria Rustem Khamitov, which “is under consideration.”

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From the history of the issue

Compulsory study of the Bashkir state language in all schools and many kindergartens of the republic was introduced in 2006 at the insistence of the then head of Bashkiria Murtaza Rakhimov. The Bashkir state language was taught to Russian-speaking students (the majority of them in the republic) as part of the national-regional component (NRK) of general education, which at that time was under the jurisdiction of regional authorities. According to social activists, it was most difficult for Russian-speaking children with speech disorders, hyperactivity, and limited physical and mental capabilities. In many Russian-language kindergartens, the rates of speech therapists were reduced, and teachers of the Bashkir language were hired in their place. Studying the Bashkir language was not easy for Russian-speaking first-graders with speech problems (their share among first-graders is up to 25%).

At the initiative of the State Duma in 2007, the concept of NRC was abolished. According to the updated federal law “On Education,” all schools in Russia have switched to a unified federal state educational standard (FSES). According to this document, the main educational program is divided into two parts: a mandatory part and a variable part, formed by participants in educational relations, that is, students, parents and teachers.

The compulsory language part of the program includes Russian, native (non-Russian) language and foreign languages. But the Federal State Educational Standard does not provide for compulsory teaching of a non-Russian language in the event that it is neither native nor foreign. Teaching regional languages ​​is a voluntary (variable) part of the educational program. Parents, as representatives of the interests of students, have the right to choose one of several curriculum options, both with and without the Bashkir state language.

Unnoticed meeting

Presumably, the result of the “consideration” was a meeting on the teaching of state and native languages ​​in the region, which was held by the head of Bashkiria Rustem Khamitov on June 15 at the House of the Republic. The conversation was attended by members of the government of the Republic of Belarus, heads of relevant ministries and departments, and representatives of the scientific community. Information from the official website of the head of the republic noted that, based on the results of inspections carried out by Rosobrnadzor in educational institutions of the region, a number of violations of legislative norms were identified in terms of the use of textbooks and teaching aids, standardization of the educational process, as well as non-compliance of local acts of some schools with federal and republican standards legislation on education. “The priority of the activities of educational authorities and educational organizations should be to meet the needs of schoolchildren in learning their native languages, subject to strict compliance with federal and republican legislation,” it was emphasized at the meeting.

The fact of holding the meeting did not cause any resonance among the expert community and the public.

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Language and career, to be honest...

An outburst of emotions erupted on June 20, after an interview with Rustem Khamitov was published on one of the resources. In this interview, the head of the republic noted that “the Bashkir state language is taught in all schools for 1 to 2 hours” starting from the second grade. “The native language can be Bashkir, Russian, Tatar, or Chuvash, and the program devotes 2 to 3 to 4 hours a week to studying native languages ​​of the parents’ choice. In total, it turns out that if we talk about the Bashkir language, in the limit of 1 plus 4 - this is 5 hours. So, to learn your native language you need written parental consent. This is the first. Secondly, and this is the main condition, if there is such agreement, then children learn one or another native language at school. Today we know that in a number of schools there are violations, that not all parents have received written consent to study the Bashkir language. Once again, by September 1, we want to restore order in this part, as they say, by interviewing parents and holding class parent meetings,” Khamitov stated.

According to the head of the republic, “today there is no difficulty for those who would like to study the Bashkir language as their native language and for those who would like to study Russian as their native language.” Khamitov gave a short historical excursion: “The situation with the study of native languages ​​in schools dates back to the 90s. Then very strict laws were adopted in the republics, when they were simply obliged and that’s all. Then the legislation was modified and the conditions were softened. Then there were reforms in this part, and the last of them was in the 12th and 13th years, when they stopped studying the native language in the 10th and 11th grades. But it was from the 1st to the 11th. Today the 1st is gone, the 10th is gone, the 11th is gone - and nothing happened. Our citizens approached this story very intelligently and accepted it calmly, without any conflicts or contradictions. The next iteration, the next step to soften the position, of course there will be one. And there is no complexity, a terrible one, when passions are heightened, when this is talked about, warring parties appear.”

How accurate the head of the republic was in his interpretation of the republican legislation remains to be seen, but in describing the psychological component of the linguistic collision, he was certainly right: for the most part, the residents of the republic, having their own opinion on this burning issue, perceive today’s linguistic realities quite calmly. There are, however, exceptions. Some representatives of individual national movements regarded the conversation between the presenter and the head of the republic as policy statements, which made them extremely alarmed.

The scale of the storm in a teacup caused by these words can be assessed by the headlines: “Khamitov is again abolishing the Bashkir language,” “The prosecutor’s office of Bashkortostan asked the head of the republic, Rustem Khamitov, to deal with the Bashkir language,” “Compulsory study of the Bashkir language may be abolished in schools.” A purely technical question about the choice of curricula was accompanied by tendentious statements that “mandatory knowledge of the language should be required of all representatives of the public sector, including doctors, police officers and politicians, and that the careers of residents of the republic depend on knowledge of the national language, as is done in Kazakhstan.” “,” “Khamitov’s Ministry of Education makes no attempts to train teachers,” “opponents of studying the Bashkir language are supported from Moscow,” and the usual cliches about “anti-Bashkir sentiments,” “disrespect,” and the threat of “liquidation of national republics.”

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Expert opinions: Bashkiria is not Kazakhstan!

Former leader of the World Kurultai of Bashkirs Azamat Galin with his characteristic self-irony, he noted that the problem of learning the Bashkir language by children who are not native speakers can be attributed to the general problem of most languages, and in the future, Russian. “The global economy is erasing not only borders, but also languages. For voluntary language learning, appealing to traditions, customs and boundaries does not encourage “non-native speakers.” It is possible to force someone to learn, but it is impossible to force someone to learn a language. There must be a leading industry that motivates. For example, before in space everyone spoke Russian, since Russia was the leader. Now English and Chinese are already fighting for leadership, this is a natural process. You can't stop it, you can try to slow it down. The conclusion is simple: become a leader, and everyone will learn the language themselves. In all seriousness, the public figure believes that the forced system of universal study of the Bashkir language was introduced by Rakhimov to demonstrate his loyalty to the Bashkirs.

Political scientist DmitriyMikhailichenko also called the current state of the problem with the study of the Bashkir language in the republic the inertia of Rakhimov’s policy to create a special position for the “titular nation.” “It is characteristic that journalists in Moscow perceive Bashkiria as a national republic. I always object to this: “is the Saratov region nationalless?” Our republic is multinational, not national, and we need to talk about preserving the traditions, culture and language of all languages ​​of traditional ethnic groups (Bashkirs, Russians and Tatars). In addition, there are a lot of interethnic marriages and people with mixed (inclusive) identities in the republic,” the expert believes. The agency’s interlocutor is confident that the issue of studying the Bashkir language should become a matter of public consensus. “At the same time, of course, there is no point in imposing it directively. This simply will not lead to a positive result, but it will certainly meet resistance. In this case, it is important that civil society institutions and citizens themselves reach agreement on a case-by-case basis. Let me emphasize, it is impossible to impose. I see the role of the republican government and, above all, the Ministry of Culture as establishing, and not imitating, this dialogue,” the political scientist emphasized.

The expert noted with regret that some activists are trying to resolve the issue head-on. “But the situation is more complicated. If you want people to learn Bashkir, make it attractive. Interest in the language is awakened not by orders (in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and Latvia all this has already happened), but by soft power, the creation of attractive, modern formats (gamification, for example). I think it’s wrong to say that you need to pay “tribute.” If I don’t know Bashkir, it doesn’t mean that I don’t respect the culture of this people. I have many Bashkir friends, I studied the history of the Bashkirs for five years and respect the tradition of this distinctive people. But this does not mean that my children have to pay some kind of “tribute”. And it seems to me an insulting situation when the school director or any official from the Ministry of Education will give directives,” concluded Mikhailichenko.

Tatar social activists, preferring not to mention the language problem (ethnolinguistic conflict) in Tataria, believe that “language policy in the republic should be in full compliance with federal legislation, which gives student representatives the opportunity to determine whether or not their child will learn Bashkir or any other national language.” language".

Ordinary Ufa residents answer briefly: “Bashkiria is not Kazakhstan, Bashkiria is Russia, but somehow we’ll sort out the languages ​​ourselves, we’ve never beaten each other just because of language, we don’t beat each other, and we won’t beat each other.”

Background

In the national republics, for many years there was a problem with the teaching of native languages; there were complaints about being forced to study native languages, in particular Tatar. Parents of Russian-speaking schoolchildren complained about the prevalence of the Tatar language over Russian. A prosecutor's inspection carried out in the republic in 2017 as part of Vladimir Putin's instructions revealed a lot of violations, including in almost all schools in Tatarstan the volume of Russian language lessons was below the standards approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Violations of students' rights have been eliminated and now parents can choose a program where they independently determine their child's native language. In Tatarstan, over 115 thousand parents chose Russian as their native language.
In Bashkiria and Tatarstan today there are republican programs for supporting native languages.

The Bashkir language is studied as part of the regional component of the curriculum - Minister of Education of the Republic Gulnaz Shafikova stated this today in an interview with the leading radio station “Radio Russia Bashkortostan” Natalya Sannikova.

Its study is carried out within the framework of the federal state standard and is ensured by the Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the minister noted.

The decision to study Bashkir as the state language, according to her, is made by the school’s collegial council. At the same time, the school decides which language will be studied as a native language together with parents. The class can be divided into groups to study different languages. However, this will only happen if there are at least 7 people in the group. According to Gulnaz Shafikova, the ministry understands that today the Bashkir language should be studied as a foreign language and this requires a completely different teaching methodology.

Echo of Moscow - Ufa

Minister of Education Shafikova said whether the Bashkir language will be compulsory in schools?

Today, the host of the Radio Russia Bashkortostan radio station, Natalya Sannikova, interviewed the Minister of Education Gulnaz Shafikova. She answered the most pressing questions that worried the public this spring and summer.

The minister explained in detail how parents can teach their children their native language.

“If you, as a parent, applied to the school with a statement that you want your child to study the Bashkir language as a native language, and there is a group of such people in the class, then the school will have to provide you with such conditions. If, say, in a class of 20 children, 10 write Bashkir to their native language, and 10 write Tatar to their native language, the school will consider the possibility of dividing the class into groups and providing conditions for teaching their native language. The parent’s statement is fundamental,” the minister explained and clarified that the group cannot consist of less than seven people.

Also, 67% of children of non-Russian nationality can choose to study in their native language. These are Bashkir, Tatar, Mari, Udmurt, there are even German, Latvian, Ukrainian and other languages.

When asked about studying Russian as a native language, the minister replied: “We don’t even consider Russian, because in all our schools they study Russian as a state language. But if parents write in their application that they choose Russian as their native language, and they have a subject, as we talked about, chosen by them themselves, then the school will divide classes into groups where they will study one native language and another native language "

In response to the most pressing question: “Will Bashkir be studied as a state language in our schools?” Gulnaz Radmilovna said the following:

“This is an important division, and we must understand that Bashkir as a state language is studied here from grades 1 to 9, its study is carried out within the framework of the federal state standard and is ensured by the Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan and our law “On Education.” All children from grades 1 to 9 study Bashkir as the state language one or two hours a week. And everything else is at the request of the parents. But Bashkir as a state language is studied by decision of the school’s collegial council.”

The minister’s answer is not entirely clear: is the study of Bashkir as a state language still mandatory or by decision of the school’s collegial council? We will clarify this issue.

The minister also assured that textbooks and teaching methods will be reviewed. This is the most pressing issue, which caused parental indignation.

MIN BASHKORT

I am Bashkir, but I never thought that I would ever start shouting about it. Scream silently, could you? Screaming in silence when there is nothing to shout because my tongue was cut out?
Today they cut out my tongue to leave me without a nation and culture. And tomorrow they will cut off my legs to leave me without my roots and history! And after tomorrow?
They will cut off my heart to leave me without faith and religion!

And you know what's the worst thing?
It's scary that I'm silent.

But I’m getting used to it, because you know, we know how to survive.
We are strong.
At first we will get used to being silent, then walking without one leg, then without both, and completely dead. Living dead.
Could you?
Or do you only know how to live on the dead? Walk on dead souls?

Yes. You don't need living people. You don't need talents or personalities. You don't need any culture! No faith!
You need fallen souls who will worship you and do what you want.
You will speak with our lips, kill with our hand, trample us with our own feet, and bury everything holy on our own lands, with our own shovels.
Those lands that our grandfathers defended, shedding Bashkir Muslim blood, for the sake of Russia.
Minen olatai, hinen olatai!

What do you do in response? I'm not even talking about factories, natural resources and sovereignty...
You took everything from us.
And now my native language.

And you know what's the worst thing?
It's scary that I'm silent.
Of course I’m silent, my tongue has already been cut out.

I was born on Bashkir Muslim land. I went to a Russian school and spoke two languages ​​since childhood.
We lived under two flags, under two anthems, cultures and religions.
We lived under the slogan and motto “Bashkortostan and Russia are forever together.”

And my mother always taught me kindness and tolerance, and most importantly equality.
She taught me to love the Russian language, but at the same time to appreciate and know my native Bashkir.
I remember how my mother liked it when I spoke my native language, so the most precious words for me were “Mom”, “Love”, “Sorry”, “I miss”, I spoke them only in Bashkir.
Ah, this affectionate and gentle Bashkir language of mother...
I will always remember.
"Kyzym", "Balam", "Maturym", "Bapkesem".

When I hear these words somewhere, from other lips to other hearts, tears appear in my eyes.
After all, most of all we miss words filled with care and love.
And my mother called me that. These were the warmest and most tender messages for me.

Is it possible to forget this?

And the native language will never be forgotten. Even if I know a hundred languages. Although I do not write poetry in the Bashkir language, and speak it poorly, I pray in my native language, I rejoice and cry in my native language.
Do you know why? Because my heart speaks my native language. Is it possible to take your heart and throw it away?

No, you can throw yourself out of the country, from the Motherland. And wherever I was, wherever they asked me, I always said that I was Bashkir. And they asked in surprise, “What, not only Russians live in Russia?” “No,” I answered naively and stupidly, “Russia is a multinational state, we are a single force.”

What will happen in ten years? If today the Bashkir native language was canceled in schools.
Who will teach our children grammar? Who will retell our history and develop our culture? Who will educate us in morality and faith?
Who will go to defend our Motherland? Our house? Our religion? Our forests if you cut down their roots?

That's the point, we will have nothing to protect.
Leave us our own, and take everything that belongs to you for yourself.

Today you made us swallow our tongues, and tomorrow you will swallow our Republic!
And you will do this not only with us. After some time, similar assimilation will occur with Tatarstan, with the Chechen Republic, with Dagestan and so on... But whether they will allow themselves to be trampled on is another question.

And I have just one question for you.
What if we were not called the Republic of Bashkortostan,
and the Republic of the Mute?
Would you abolish sign language too?

And you know what's the worst thing?
It's scary that we are already mute.

9 August 2017, 19:08

Today, on the eve of the start of the school year and the August teachers' council, a press conference was held with the Minister of Education of Bashkiria Gulnaz Shafikova and the head of the department for control and supervision in the field of education of the Republic of Bashkortostan Aibulat Khazhin.

The speakers spoke beautifully and confidently, and even themselves revealed problems that perhaps no one had thought about. It was clear that education representatives had recovered from prosecutorial checks and public and journalistic pressure over the summer. We have prepared our answers to all the most pressing questions. In a word, it was clear that for the new school year, one of the youngest ministers, Gulnaz Shafikova (who has mastery of oratory and terminology, and knows how to joke and throw a barb for self-defense) is quite ready.

Yes or no to compulsory Bashkir?

At the meeting with journalists, the minister raised a lot of problematic issues, but she kept silent about the main thing that concerns all residents of the republic - the compulsory study of the Bashkir language in schools.

The question was asked by our editors and a large, detailed answer was received, which is quite difficult for a non-education specialist to understand. So to teach or not to teach? Probably not. No - because in order to teach the Bashkir language as the state language, a collegial decision must be made. And not by the head of the region or the government of the republic, but by each individual school. That is, every educational institution in Bashkiria must decide, together with teachers, children and parents, to cancel or leave Bashkir language lessons.

To our question - why then in the Chechen Republic, which also relies on the Constitution of its republic and the Russian Federation, the native language is mandatory, Gulnaz Shafikova replied: “I am not responsible for Chechnya.”

Of course, the Bashkir minister is not obliged to be responsible for other regions. But why national languages ​​as state languages ​​are not brought up by ministers at the federal level, why the experience of other regions is not studied, is again unclear. After all, in fact, the current teachers' council was supposed to be devoted to the problems of studying the Bashkir language as a native language and as a state language.

But, apparently, an important political issue was resolved quietly, without noise, and was left to the schools. And it seems like the minister had nothing to do with it, they say, the decision was made by educational institutions. And Deputy Prime Minister Salavat Sagitov too. And the head of the region, Rustem Khamitov.

All summer in Ufa they discussed the need to study the Bashkir language in schools - on the radio, on the Internet, even discussion clubs gathered, and only the Ministry of Education remained silent. Shafikova explained the silence of the department by saying that there was no time, there was a lot of work.

At the press conference there was also a representative of the Bashkir Center for Promotion of National Education “Aktamyr” Irek Agishev. Immediately after the meeting with the minister, he published a post on Facebook.

“Questions were asked regarding the mandatory study of the state Bashkir language. She answered this question that the study of state Bashkir will be carried out by decision of the collegial council of the school. Then I asked a specific question about whether compulsory study of the state Bashkir language would be carried out in all classes of general education organizations by decision of the school’s collegial council. I quoted to her the republican law “On Education”, Article 6. clause 2 where it is written that the Bashkir language as the state language of the republic is studied in all general educational organizations located on the territory of the republic, in accordance with the federal state educational standard and other standards. In the coming 2017-2018 academic year, in all general education organizations in the country, students from grades 1 to 7 will be taught according to the Federal State Educational Standard. In these classes they may not study the state Bashkir language, so the Federal State Educational Standard ignores the national component. But students in grades 8-9 will continue to study according to the old educational standard, and compulsory study of the state Bashkir language should continue there. And the law of the Republic of Belarus “On Education” states that compulsory study of the state Bashkir language is carried out in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard and other standards. The old standard does not ignore the compulsory study of the state Bashkir language. However, Minister Shafikova replied that in all grades the compulsory study of the state Bashkir language will be carried out by decision of the school’s collegial council. Such a stupid incompetent answer. Either she doesn’t understand state standards or she was given such instructions from above...

Editorial photo

Bashkir language teachers will not be left without workload

The Ministry of Education is already ready for mass layoffs of Bashkir language teachers. Therefore, Gulnaz Shafikova warned in advance:

We discussed this issue. Not a single teacher of the Bashkir language will be left without workload. We guarantee it. Let's look at their specialization. Maybe they are also Russian or foreign language teachers. There are electives. But we have instructions so that not a single Bashkir teacher is left without workload.

Now let's imagine the following situation. It is no secret that in schools teachers try to take on as much workload as possible so that the salary looks more or less decent. Then, at the teachers' council of some Russian school, it turns out that the Bashkir teacher remains unemployed. The director says that everyone needs to help out a colleague and give him a few hours of Russian or a foreign language.

Who will agree to this? Teachers? Parents? Hardly. After all, all these years the Bashkir teacher was a specialist in the Bashkir language.

Another question is that the Bashkir language teachers who are left out of work at their school will be given a job in another educational institution where there is a vacancy.

Editorial photo.

Defender of the Day of Knowledge

Of course, at the press conference, journalists asked the most intriguing question - what date will the Day of Knowledge take place in Ufa? The fact is that due to the celebration of Kurban Bayram, the Ministry of Education decided that on September 2, children studying six days a week will sit at their desks, and for five-day classes the recommended date is September 4. But the mayor of the capital of the republic, Irek Yalalov, was outraged by this decision and it is quite possible that the Day of Knowledge in the city will traditionally take place on the 1st.

What decision will Ufa make, ask Ufa,” Gulnaz Shafikova answered briefly.

And the city administration, apparently, is not going to back down, and even decided to conduct a survey on social networks, finding out the opinion of residents when the ceremonial lines dedicated to the Day of Knowledge should take place. Only people do not share the city manager’s indignation. On VKontakte, more than 60 percent of respondents, that’s more than 7,000 votes, are in favor of children going to school on September 4.

School fees

Journalists were keenly interested in the issues of school fees - for school textbooks, for repairs and voluntary-compulsory fees of 5,000 rubles to the “Children are our future” fund. Gulnaz Radmilovna said in this regard that all complaints are being considered and the ministry must be informed about all such cases.

Regarding textbooks, she assured that the provision of them in the republic is entirely financed from the budget.

If the leaders do not understand, then you can talk to the parents. Such deposits are illegal. And in the event of a complaint, there will be no consequences for parents,” explained Aibulat Khazhin, speaking about forced contributions to the “Children are our future” fund, which he had heard about.

Parents of the entire republic - unite!

Every year, the Republican Teachers' Council, in addition to solving current problems, is devoted to one topic. This year it will be held on August 11-12 and the improvement of the education system in Bashkortostan will be discussed.

For the first time, the teachers' council will have discussion platforms, one of which will be given to parents. It must be said that the Ministry of Education is working more and more actively with parents. Representatives of the department, for example, invited active parents to the First Republican Parent Forum.

Now these parents are uniting in a new organization, which is called neither more nor less “Advanced Parents of Bashkortostan,” Gulnaz Radmilovna said with a smile.

The Ministry of Education plans to create a council of parents who will act as consultants on regulatory documents that affect the rights of parents.

Whether such an unexpected and attentive attitude to parental activity is a reaction to those “advanced parents” who even manage to challenge the teaching of Bashkir as the state language remains a mystery.

In any case, parents are increasingly interested in the quality of education and upbringing in schools, study their rights, the school charter, unite and force them to be taken into account.

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