[lg policy] Latvia: Education Ministry proposal to allow taking university exams in all EU languages

[Harold Schiffman]

 Education Ministry proposal to allow taking university exams in all EU
languages
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Students should be allowed to take professional qualification exams and
present graduation papers in any official EU language in which the given
study program is taught, according to draft amendments proposed by the
Latvian Education and Science Ministry to the Education Law, reports LETA
news agency February 28.

According to the Education and Science Ministry's proposals, students would
be able to take professional qualification exams in the official EU
language in which the given study program is taught or in Latvian if the
study program is not taught in any official EU language. Also, the diploma
papers and other work necessary for obtaining bachelor's, master's or
doctoral degrees would have to be written and presented in the official EU
language in which the given study program is taught or in Latvia if the
study program is not taught in any official EU language.

Citing the National Development Plan 2014-2020, the Education and Science
Ministry argued that Latvia needs internationally competitive higher
education institutions that would employ internationally renowned and
highly qualified academic staff. Higher education has become a widely
popular export service of Latvia, and study programs are provided in
accordance with Latvia's national language policy - primarily in Latvian,
but also in official EU languages.

The Education and Science Ministry's amendments to the Education Law have
been submitted for the second reading in Saeima.


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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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