Rustem Khamitov announced the possible abolition of the Bashkir language in the schools of the republic
Today, on the eve of the beginning of the academic 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 revealed those problems that, perhaps, no one had thought about. It was evident that representatives of education over the summer recovered from prosecutorial checks, public and journalistic pressure. We prepared our answers to all the most pressing questions. In a word, it was clear that for the new academic year one of the youngest ministers, Gulnaz Shafikova (who knows how to oratory and terminology, who knows how to joke and throw a taunt for self-defense) is quite ready.
Yes or no obligatory Bashkir?
At a meeting with journalists, the minister raised a lot of problematic issues, but here's the main thing that worries all residents of the republic - mandatory study Bashkir language in schools, was silent.
The question was asked by our editors and a large, detailed answer was received, which is not easy for a non-educational 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, each educational institution of Bashkiria must decide, together with teachers, children and parents, to cancel the lessons of the Bashkir language or leave them.
To our question - why, then, in the Chechen Republic, which also relies on the Constitution of its republic and Russian Federation, native language is required, Gulnaz Shafikova answered: “I am not responsible for Chechnya.”
Of course, the Bashkir minister is not obliged to be responsible for other regions. But why the ministers do not bring national languages as state languages to 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, at the mercy of schools. And it seems like the minister has 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 Defense remained silent. Shafikova explained the silence of the department by the fact that there was no time, there was a lot of work.
Irek Agishev, a representative of the Bashkir Center for Assistance to National Education "Aktamyr", was also present at the press conference. Immediately after 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 the state Bashkir will be carried out by the decision of the collegiate council of the school. Then I asked a specific question about what is common in all classes? educational organizations compulsory study of the state Bashkir language will be carried out by decision of the collegial council of the school. I quoted the republican law "On Education" Article 6 to her. item 2 where it is written that the Bashkir language as the state language of the republic is studied in all educational organizations located on the territory of the republic, in accordance with the federal state educational standard and other standards. In the future 2017-2018 academic year, in all general educational organizations of the country, students from grades 1 to 7 will study according to the Federal State Educational Standard. In these classes, they may not study the state Bashkir language, since the Federal State Educational Standard ignores the national component. But students of grades 8-9 will continue their education according to the old educational standard, and there the compulsory study of the state Bashkir language should be continued. And in the law of the Republic of Belarus "On Education" it is written that the compulsory study of the state Bashkir language is carried out in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard and with other standards. The old standard does not ignore the obligatory study of the state Bashkir language. However, Minister Shafikova replied that the compulsory study of the state Bashkir language in all classes would be carried out by decision of the collegiate council of the school. Such a stupid incompetent answer. Either she does not understand state standards, or she was given such an instruction from above ...
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Bashkir language teachers will not be left without a load
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 a load. We guarantee it. Let's look at their specialization. Maybe they are also teachers of Russian or a foreign language. There are electives. But we have an instruction so that not a single Bashkir teacher is left without a load.
Now let's imagine the following situation. It is no secret that teachers in schools try to take on as much work as possible so that the salary looks more or less decent. Here, at the teacher's council of some Russian school, it turns out that the Bashkir teacher is left without a job. The director reports that the whole world 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 teachers of the Bashkir language who are left out of work in their school will be given work in another educational institution where there is a vacancy.
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Knowledge Day Defender
Of course, at the press conference, the journalists asked the most intriguing question - what date will the Day of Knowledge be held in Ufa? The fact is that because of the celebration of Eid al-Adha, the Ministry of Education and Science decided that on September 2, children who study six days a week will sit at their desks, and for five days, 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 will traditionally take place in the city on the 1st.
Ask Ufa what decision Ufa will make, - Gulnaz Shafikova answered shortly.
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 solemn assembly, timed to coincide with the Day of Knowledge, should take place. Only people do not share the indignation of the city manager. There are more than 60 percent of respondents on Vkontakte, which is more than 7,000 votes for children to go to school on September 4th.
School fees
The 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 considered and the ministry should be informed of all such cases.
As for textbooks, she assured that they are fully provided in the republic at the expense of the budget.
If the leaders misunderstand, then you can talk with the parents. Such deposits are illegal. And in case of a complaint, there will be no consequences for the parents, - Aibulat Khazhin explained, speaking about the forced contributions to the “Children are our future” fund, which he had heard about.
Parents of the whole republic - unite!
Every year, the republican teachers' council, in addition to solving current problems, is dedicated to one topic. This year it will be held on August 11-12 and will discuss the improvement of the education system in Bashkortostan.
For the first time, discussion platforms will work at the teachers' council, one of which will be given to parents. I must say that the Ministry of Education is increasingly working with parents. Representatives of the department, for example, invited active parents to the 1st Republican Parent Forum.
Now these parents are uniting in a new organization, which was called nothing less than “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 the Bashkir language as the state language remains a mystery.
In any case, parents are more and more interested in the quality of education and upbringing in schools, study their rights, the charter of the school, unite and force them to reckon with them.
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The prosecutor's office saw in the norm on the compulsory teaching of the Bashkir language in the schools of Bashkiria a violation of the norms of the legislation of the Russian Federation and sent a corresponding submission to the head of the republic, Rustem Khamitov. He promised to fix the distortions by September 1st. Meanwhile, the language problem arose in the region in 2010. It is precisely because of Khamitov’s decision to rid the Bashkir of “artificial props” that has not yet been resolved.
The head of Bashkiria, Rustem Khamitov, said on the air of Ekho Moskvy that by September 1, the authorities of the republic would solve the problem with the study of the Bashkir language in schools. Earlier, the prosecutor's office submitted a submission addressed to the head of the region, which stated that the universal compulsory study of the national language violates the law on education of the Russian Federation. Khamitov stressed that the Bashkir language in schools, according to local law, is an elective subject, and to attend it, the written consent of the students' parents is required. “Today we know that there are violations in a number of schools, that not all parents have received written consent to study the Bashkir language,” he added.
The prosecution's submission was a response to the actions of the so-called Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Russian-Speaking Schoolchildren, which was organized by the parents of students of the 39th school in Ufa, who claim that their children are being forced to learn Bashkir. Activists who appealed to the prosecutor's office said that school principals make such an illegal decision, because they are under pressure from the administration of the head of the republic and the regional ministry of education.
First Deputy Chairman public organization"Bashkort" Ruslan Gabbasov- one of those who advocate universal teaching of the Bashkir language in the schools of the republic. “The Bashkir language is considered to be endangered. In general, the Bashkir people no longer have another place where we could preserve and develop our language, our culture, our traditions and customs. The Bashkirs have nowhere to go, we no longer have land. We are called almost fascists for imposing our language, but what's wrong if a resident of the region knows two languages, especially since Bashkir is very similar to other Turkic languages. This [knowledge of the language] is just a tribute to the people you live next to,” says Gabbasov. The public figure considers the situation in which the Bashkir language is now a half-measure; career of the inhabitants of the republic.
At the same time, Gabbasov admits that the Bashkir language is not taught in schools very well and that “Khamit’s Ministry of Education does not make any attempts to train teachers so that the Bashkir language is taught interestingly, beautifully, so that children would like to study it.”
It is worth recalling that until 2010. Bashkir was compulsory for all schools in the republic until it was headed by Rustem Khamitov, who proclaimed that "the Bashkir language does not need artificial props" and abolished the rule of its universal compulsory education. Since then, the public discussion about the role of the national language in school curriculum does not subside.
Opponents of the study of the Bashkir language, according to Gabbasov, are supported from Moscow, it is their efforts, he believes, that the problem has moved from a cultural to a political plane. “I don’t expect any clashes, but Khamitov’s policy is very alarming. This attempt of his to please both ours and yours leads nowhere. But since our leader is distinguished by anti-Bashkir sentiments, and the Bashkirs dislike him very much for this, this situation has arisen,” the source said. The decision of the prosecutor's office, according to Gabbasov, "comes from Moscow from certain groups of people who are testing the ground for fundamental changes." He also includes statements by Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Valentina Matvienko about the liquidation of the national republics.
Member of the State Assembly of Bashkiria, member of the Council of the Regional National cultural autonomy Tatars Ramil Bignov I am convinced that the language policy in the republic should be in strict accordance with federal legislation, which, in particular, gives parents the right to choose whether or not their child will learn Bashkir or any other national language. "To put pressure on someone, on parent committees, on the boards of schools we should not. And you can't break the law on anyone's part - it's Golden Rule, which will remove all questions and all accusations from any side,” the deputy said. He believes that the prosecutor's office, which responded to the parents' request, did the right thing. At the same time, Bignov recalled that not so long ago she also submitted a submission to the State Assembly, after which the deputies had to cancel the norm of the regional Family Code, which allows marriage from the age of 14. There is no need to look for politics in the actions of prosecutors, according to Bignov.
It should be noted that the problem of compulsory study of the Bashkir language in the republic is acute, since in terms of population the number of Bashkirs in the republic is the same as that of Russians and Tatars: approximately 30% each. Another 10% are representatives of other nationalities. “And it is clear that the compulsory study of the Bashkir language in public schools causes a certain jealousy on the part of the Tatar part of the population. It has always been, is today and, unfortunately, will continue to be. Therefore, you need to find mutual language and act only in the legislative field,” Bignov added.
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23:58 — REGNUM In Bashkiria, after a period of relative calm, disputes have again flared up 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 the data of the prosecutor's check and the interview of 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 The experts agreed that the language policy in the republic should be in full compliance with federal legislation.
Prosecutor's inspections, together with representatives of Rosobrnadzor on the study of the Bashkir language, took place in the schools of the republic in mid-May. As the chairman of the committee for the protection of the rights of Russian-speaking schoolchildren told the agency Natalia BudilovA, about 300 schools were tested. The audit showed that in most schools of the republic, the Bashkir language, as the state language, is included in the compulsory part of the main educational program curricula 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 should be included in the curriculum only at the request of the parents.
Recall that a prosecutorial audit in schools revealed facts of infringement of the rights of parents to choose curricula, their inconsistency with the Federal State Standards (FSES), curricula are accepted without taking into account the opinions of parents in schools in Ufa, Neftekamsk, Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk, Baltachevsky, Blagovarsky, Gafurysky, Davlekanovsky, Sterlitamaksky 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 learning the Russian language: for example, in the compulsory part of the curriculum of the MOBU (with Russian as the language of instruction) in the village of Imendyashevo, Gafury District, the number of hours in the first grade allotted for studying the Bashkir language was 5 hours, the Russian language was allocated only 2 hours.
Parental activists believe that the violations became possible due to pressure on school management from the Ministry of Education of Bashkiria and representatives district administrations who conclude a contract with school directors and may not renew the contract in case of "disobedience". Directors were forced to adopt the curriculum that is beneficial to the regional Ministry of Education and the officials, that is, the curriculum 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. Even on the website of the Ministry of Education there were old curricula in which the Bashkir language was a mandatory part.
According to Budilova, for several months they have been collecting 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 to deepen their knowledge, except for the Bashkir language. There were also other facts of violation of the educational rights of students. “Parents from Sterlitamak contacted me, they said 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, only 5 hours a week, ”said 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: “Yes, this check is not for us, 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 prosecutor of the republic made a submission to the head of Bashkiria Rustem Khamitov, which "is under consideration."
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 such students in the republic) as part of the national-regional component (NRC) general education, which at that time was under the jurisdiction of the regional authorities. The most difficult, according to social activists, had Russian-speaking children with speech disorders, hyperactivity, physical and mental disabilities. In many Russian-speaking kindergartens, the positions of speech therapists were reduced, and teachers of the Bashkir language were taken in their place. The study of 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 NQF was abolished. According to the updated federal law "On Education", all Russian schools have switched to the unified federal state educational standard (FSES). According to this document, the main educational program is divided into two parts: the mandatory part and the optional part, formed by the participants in educational relations, that is, students, parents and teachers.
The language compulsory part of the program includes the Russian language, the native (non-Russian) language and foreign languages. But the Federal State Educational Standard does not provide for the mandatory teaching of a non-Russian language if it is neither native nor foreign. The teaching of regional languages belongs to the voluntary (variable) part of the educational program. Parents, as representatives of the interests of students, have the right to choose one of several options for the curriculum, 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 on June 15 in the House of the Republic by the head of Bashkiria, Rustem Khamitov. Members of the government of the Republic of Belarus, heads of relevant ministries and departments, representatives of the scientific community took part in the conversation. In the information from the official website of the head of the republic, it was noted that, following the results of inspections conducted by Rosobrnadzor in educational institutions region, a number of violations legislative norms regarding the use of textbooks and teaching aids, normalization educational process, as well as inconsistencies of local acts of some schools with the norms of federal and republican 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 observance of federal and republican legislation,” the meeting emphasized.
The fact of holding the meeting did not cause any resonance among the expert community and the public.
Language and career, they are, to be honest...
A surge of emotions erupted on June 20, after the publication of an interview with Rustem Khamitov on one of the resources. In this interview, the head of the republic noted that "the Bashkir state language is taught in all schools in the amount of 1 to 2 hours" starting from the second grade. “The native language can be Bashkir, and Russian, and Tatar, and Chuvash, and the program allots for the study of native languages at the choice of parents from 2 to 3, up to 4 hours a week. In total, it turns out, if about the Bashkir language, in the limit of 1 plus 4 - this is 5 hours. So, to learn your native language, you need written consent from your parents. This is the first. Second - and this is the main condition - if there is such consent, then the children learn one or another native language at school. Today we know that there are violations in a number of schools, that not all parents have received written consent to study the Bashkir language. Here again, by September 1, we want to put things in order in this part, as they say, by interviewing parents, 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 digression: “The situation with the study of native languages in schools dates back to the 90s. Then very tough laws were adopted in the republics, when they were simply obliged and that's it. Then the legislation was modified, the conditions were softened. Then there were reforms in this part, and the last of them in the 12th, 13th year, when they stopped learning their native language in the 10th-11th grade. But it was after all - from the 1st to the 11th. Today the 1st is missing, the 10th, the 11th is missing - and nothing happened. Our citizens approached this story very sensibly and accepted it calmly, without any conflicts or contradictions. The next iteration, the next step to soften the position, of course, it will be. And there is no difficulty, terrible, moreover, when passions are pumped up, when it is spoken about, the opposing sides appear, no.
How accurate the head of the republic was in interpreting the republican legislation remains to be seen, but describing the psychological component of the linguistic conflict, he was certainly right: for the most part, the inhabitants of the republic, having their own opinion on this burning issue, perceive today's linguistic realities quite calmly. There are exceptions, however. Individual representatives of individual national movements regarded the conversation between the host 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 estimated from the headlines: “Khamitov again abolishes 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 canceled 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 from all representatives of the public sector, including doctors, policemen and politicians, and that the career of the inhabitants of the republic depended on knowledge of the national language, as is done in Kazakhstan ”, “Khamit’s Ministry of Education makes no attempt to train teachers”, “opponents of the study of the Bashkir language are supported from Moscow” and the usual clichés about “anti-Bashkrian sentiments”, “disrespect” and the threat of “liquidation of national republics”.
Expert opinions: Bashkiria is not Kazakhstan for you!
Former leader of the World Kurultai of the 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, in the future, Russian. “The global economy is erasing not only borders, but also languages. For voluntary language learning, the appeal to traditions, customs and boundaries does not stimulate "non-natives". It is possible to force one to learn, but it is impossible to force one to learn a language. There must be a leading industry that motivates. For example, earlier in space everyone spoke Russian, since Russia was the leader. Now English and Chinese 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 compulsory 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 of the "titular nation". “It is characteristic that journalists in Moscow perceive Bashkiria as a national republic. I always object to this, “but what about the Saratov region - without nationality?”. Our republic is multinational, not national, and we need to talk about preserving the traditions, culture and language of all the languages of traditional ethnic groups (Bashkirs, Russians and Tatars). In addition, there are a lot of interethnic marriages and people with a mixed (inclusive) identity in the republic,” the expert believes. The interlocutor of the agency is sure that the issue of learning the Bashkir language should become a matter of public consensus. “At the same time, of course, it is not worth imposing it directively. This elementary will not lead to a positive result, but it will certainly meet with resistance. IN this case it is important that the institutions of civil society and the citizens themselves come to an agreement in each specific case. To impose, I emphasize, it is impossible. I see the role of the republican government and, above all, the Ministry of Culture in establishing, and not imitating, this dialogue, ”the political scientist emphasized.
The expert stated 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 attractive forms. 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). To say that you need to pay "tribute of respect", I think, is wrong. If I do not know Bashkir, this does not mean that I do not respect the culture of this people. I have many friends of the Bashkirs, I studied the history of the Bashkirs for five years and respect the tradition of this original people. But this does not mean that my children have to pay some kind of “tribute”. And it seems insulting to me that the director of the school or some official from the Ministry of Education will directively indicate, ”Mikhailichenko summed up.
Tatar social activists, preferring not to mention the language problem (ethno-linguistic 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".
Ordinary Ufa residents answer briefly: “Bashkiria is not Kazakhstan for you, Bashkiria is Russia, but we’ll figure it out with languages somehow, we never hit each other because of the language, they don’t hit, and they won’t”
Rustem Khamitov spoke today on the topic of studying the Bashkir language in the schools of the republic. He commented on Putin's recent statement in Yoshkar-Ola, when the president made it clear that he opposed the compulsory learning of the languages of national regions by children.
The head of Bashkortostan said that he supported Putin's position. The Ministry of Education will soon prepare the relevant documents.
“The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Bashkortostan once again analyzed the situation with the study of native languages in the region and saw that it was necessary to make changes to the basic educational plans for the eighth and ninth grades regarding the obligatory study of the Bashkir language as the state language. These changes will be introduced, among other things, because there is a harmonization, conjugation of the Bashkir and Russian legislation in terms of federal state educational standards and approaches to the study of native languages,” said Rustem Khamitov.
Apparently, this means that the compulsory study of Bashkir and other national languages in the republic will still be cancelled.
At the same time, the head of the republic called for doing everything to preserve the language. He proposed expanding the voluntary study of Bashkir everywhere, including in the form extracurricular activities in schools, evening classes, additional courses in universities and "universities of the third age."
“We need to help ensure that schools have additional lessons for those who want to study their native language in depth. These classes can and should be conducted as an elective. I am sure that this form of education will be in demand,” said Rustem Khamitov.
The head of the republic also believes that parents should make the decision to learn or not to learn their native language. At the same time, he expressed the hope that the inhabitants of the region would agree that their children study Bashkir as one of the state languages of Bashkortostan.
“You have to understand that learning your native language is, first of all, the choice of parents. In this case, my personal opinion: I would like the Bashkir language to be studied in our republic as the state language, so that parents choose the Bashkir language as the state language and agree that their children study the Bashkir language here, in our republic, as the state language. I hope that the understanding of the parent community in this part, of course, will be found,” Rustem Khamitov emphasized.
He also said that during the revision of the curricula for grades 8 and 9, there would be no reduction in hours for teachers of the Bashkir language. They will be able to supplement the missing lessons with extracurricular activities.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin's statement about the study of national languages caused a heated discussion in the pedagogical and ethnic community.
It would seem that the question of whether to study the Bashkir language in schools or not is closed. After pickets, letters and complaints from parents, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia developed guidelines, and the Prosecutor General's Office checked the curricula for compliance with the laws, but
As a result, it was decided that Bashkir, as the state language of the republic, could be taught in schools for a maximum of two hours a week. And this applies not only to Bashkiria, but also to all subjects of the country where there is a second state language. After that, the authorities and law enforcement agencies reported that the conflict of interest was resolved, and everyone was happy. But it was not there.
On May 8, 2018, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation received a letter from parents and activists from several regions at once, including Bashkiria. They again asked to cancel the compulsory study of national languages in schools. As an alternative, the authors proposed to release Saturday from classes and on this day to conduct lessons in the Bashkir, Tatar, Buryat or other national language, but at the request of the students.
Everything is back to where it started. Parents believe that their children are forced to learn the Bashkir language, which they do not want to learn and, it seems, they are not obliged to. That is, no one explained to parents who owed what and to whom. And by the way, schools also cannot give a clear answer to a seemingly simple question: is it possible to make sure that one individual child does not learn the Bashkir language? And this is not surprising, schools receive so many instructions, recommendations, plans and standards that the devil himself will break his leg in these documents.
The Bashkir language is studied within the framework of two disciplines: "The Bashkir language as the state language of the Republic of Belarus" and "Native language". With the second, everything is more or less clear, parents are offered a choice of several languages, usually Bashkir, Tatar, Chuvash or additional Russian, and they themselves choose what their child will study.
But with the Bashkir language as a state language, difficulties begin. Let's start with the fact that the curriculum is divided into a mandatory basic part and a part formed by the participants in educational relations. In theory, it works like this: all schoolchildren study lessons from the basic part without fail, and from the formed part - at the request of the parents and the school's capabilities.
In practice, everything is much more complicated. Firstly, every year two plans are developed - federal (from the Ministry of Education of Russia) and regional (from the Ministry of Education of Bashkortostan), naturally, they differ.
Secondly, it is different for different schools and classes - in the middle level, some lessons may be considered mandatory, but in the upper grades they are no longer there.
Thirdly, there is still an incomprehensible wording "regional component" - whether this is the third part in the curriculum, or is it a subparagraph of the part formed by the participants educational process.
As they say, it's clear that it's dark. It is so easy for an unprepared person to understand this bureaucratic system. For people who are far from the education system, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Belarus published recommendations. The document says that the Bashkir language as the state language can be studied with the consent of the parents, since this lesson is one of the subjects formed by the participants in the educational process. That is, the parent signed the consent - the child learns the Bashkir language, did not sign - does not teach. In the second case, instead of the Bashkir language, students are offered other subjects of local history, providing "ethno-cultural interests of students." No specifics, the schools themselves have to deal with the refuseniks.
It's good that the school year ends with sin in half, but what will happen next - one can only guess. Let's hope that the participants in the educational process, as the authorities call them, will be able to agree, and teachers will be allowed to work in peace, and parents will finally be explained whether their children are obliged to study the Bashkir language or not.
