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Kyrgyz educational language policy is sensitive issue - President

Kyrgyzstan Materials 21 June 2011 10:37 (UTC +04:00)
One of the most sensitive issues in Kyrgyzstan is educational language policy
Kyrgyz educational language policy is sensitive issue - President

Azerbaijan , Baku, June 21/ Trend /

One of the most sensitive issues in Kyrgyzstan is educational language policy, president for transitional period Roza Otunbayeva stated today at the regional conference "Promotion of minorities' rights in Central Asia - is effective participation in social life", 24.kg reported

According to her, this problem causes contradictory emotional statements. "Unfortunately, the Kyrgyz language has not get on to feet yet. In some measure it is in humiliated condition: there are not enough books and people who want to learn state language confront with many problems," Roza Otunbayeva said. "Language is a consolidating unit. We will develop state platform for multilingualism. We should seek to Kyrgyz become unific language, the language of agreement and unity."

Upon that the head of the state noted that the situation should not be politicized. "Parents have the right to choose the future for their children. But we should know Russian as well. Nobody humiliates and takes away official language from large national minorities. But I will stress that we should look at Kyrgyz in a new way," concluded Roza Otunbayeva.

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