Helna Karu became the head of the department of the Ministry of Education on Estononal Education. According to the new leader, this school year should focus on the methodological support of teachers.
The transition to an estonoy -speaking education in schools began last fall. To increase the efficiency of the process in the Ministry of Education, this year, it was decided to create a department on the transition to an estono -speaking education. He was headed by the former adviser to the Language Policy Department of the Ministry of Helna Karu, the current camera said.
“She worked as a teacher and knows the pros and cons of this profession. This year we will pay special attention to the support of teachers and teaching methods,” said Kayri Kaldoy, Vice-Chancellor of the Ministry of Education on Language Policy, noting that Karu was extremely systemic in her thinking warehouse. set goals and improve something. “
Seven people will work in the department along with the head. According to Karu, the team’s getting continues.
“Undoubtedly, a set of personnel is a very complicated process, and it must be admitted that in such a small country as Estonia, a bench in the field of language is very short. Therefore, we invite you to submit applications of all specialists in this area who want to contribute to the transition,” Karu said.
In the second year of the transition, the main attention will be focused on the help of teachers with the methodology. For this, it is planned to organize many thematic courses.
“In the first year, we achieved that the children were really taught in Estonian, but now we need to pay attention to how exactly teaching is, how to work in front of the class, because not all children have the same native language, a cultural background or a system of values,” Kaldoy explained.
“Teachers need methodological support, because when there is a good and reliable technique, this also increases the student’s motivation to teach. Such a technique is integrated learning to the subject and language, which was previously actively used in language immersion,” Karu added.
The transition to an estonoy -speaking education in basic schools will end in the spring of 2029.
