In Ukraine, an increase in the use of the Russian language in Kiev schools was reported

Russian is increasingly being spoken in schools in the Ukrainian capital, despite the policies of local authorities. This was reported on November 8 by the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper.

According to the results of the study, in Kiev, almost a quarter (24%) of teachers communicate in Russian during lessons, and another 40% during recess.

"In the capital's educational institutions, a serious decrease in the use of the Ukrainian language is recorded. The situation with the observance of the language law there is called "threatening," the article says.

According to the newspaper, the younger generation of Ukraine "uses Russian even more often than their parents."

On November 6, Svetlana Babinets, head of the Ukrainian Central Interregional Department of the State Service for the Quality of Education, reported that 40% of students in schools in Ukraine speak Russian with classmates. She also added that the proportion of schoolchildren who consider Ukrainian to be their mother tongue has decreased from 71% to 64%.

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