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Estonian High Schools Teach the Most Russian in EU

ERR - Russian as a second language is taught to 65 percent of high school students in Estonia, which is the overall highest figure in the European Union, according to Eurostat.

In Latvia, Russian is learned by 54 percent of secondary school students, while in Lithuania the figure is 35 percent, the statistics reveal.

Nevertheless, the Baltic states are the only three nations where Russian has taken the position of the second most common language taught in both upper and lower secondary levels. In other EU member states, it is either German or French.

Read more: http://news.err.ee/education/5b2ead7c-15cb-4281-96d9-d4899354cb8f

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 13:35
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