Session Profile: Ester Karuse
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
2025-05-15
Political Position
The political position is strongly critical of the procedure used to implement the new school requirements regulation, emphasizing the necessity of initiating negotiations earlier. This stance targets inadequate preparation and its negative consequences at the local level, making it primarily results-oriented. The speaker opposes the inaction of both the government and local authorities.
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Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates expertise in the field of education policy implementation, focusing specifically on school requirements regulations and how they affect the daily routines of schools. A detailed case study (Valga Basic School) is used to illustrate procedural errors and social tensions, citing issues such as longer class periods and a later start time for the school day.
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Rhetorical Style
The rhetorical style is critical and questioning, posing direct questions to the presenter regarding the shortcomings of the process. The speaker uses a specific narrative (the Valga case) to illustrate the procedural flaws, citing emotionally charged messages from parents ("human experiments are forbidden in school").
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Activity Patterns
There is too little data.
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Opposition Stance
The criticism is directed at the ministry (for drafting the regulations) and the local government (Valga municipal administration) for inadequate preparation and avoiding responsibility. The opposition is procedural, stressing the lack of early consultation and the local government's attempts to dodge accountability.
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Collaboration Style
The speaker stresses the necessity of better preparation and earlier consultation going forward, suggesting a desire for a more constructive process. Currently, however, the focus is on the conflicts that have emerged between the school management and the teachers/parents.
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Regional Focus
The speaker focuses heavily on the regional level, using the example of Valga city and Valga Basic School to illustrate the negative consequences of the national education decree. It is stressed how these unprepared changes created very significant tensions in Valga.
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Economic Views
There is too little data.
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Social Issues
The main social issue is education policy and school organization, especially concerning the new regulation on school requirements. The speaker supports the concerns of parents and teachers, particularly in the context of primary grades, criticizing the unprepared changes as "human experiments."
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Legislative Focus
The focus is on the criticism of the ministry's proposed regulation concerning school requirements and the procedural errors in its implementation. The speaker is acting as a procedural opponent, demanding earlier and more thorough preparation when implementing regulations.
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