By Months: Liina Kersna
Total Months: 7
Fully Profiled: 7
12.2024
2 Speeches
The primary social focus is on education, supporting the raising of the compulsory schooling age to 18 in order to ensure young people have more flexible educational pathways and better opportunities to acquire vocational and general secondary education. The importance of lifelong learning and micro-qualifications in adult education is also emphasized.
09.2024
1 Speeches
The main social issue is education and lifelong learning, which is being addressed through structural reform. Support is being given to the creation of new, more flexible qualifications (micro-degrees and micro-qualifications) in order to improve access to education and standardize continuing education. It is specifically emphasized that foreign training providers can also offer these qualifications.
06.2024
1 Speeches
The main social theme addressed is education policy, particularly the quality and structure of professional education (specifically law and teacher training). The speaker advocates for considering an integrated study model within legal education to guarantee a higher level of professional qualification.
05.2024
3 Speeches
In the social sector, the speaker is focusing on prevention, supporting increased funding for parenting programs and expanding the target audience. They emphasize that prevention is a significantly more cost-effective solution when addressing social issues. They want to know if these programs are accessible to families who require preventative support, or if participation is limited strictly to high-risk families.
04.2024
3 Speeches
The main social topic is the accessibility and management of education in relation to immigration; the speaker strongly supports a legislative amendment ensuring that the school places of Ukrainian children who have left Estonia are quickly made available for other children. This is an administrative measure concerning the management of educational institutions' registers.
03.2024
8 Speeches
A strong focus is placed on social issues, particularly youth mental health and suicide prevention, requiring targeted investment in these areas. It emphasizes the role of education in personality development and in allowing the learner's talents and interests to flourish. It addresses the extension of the compulsory education age from the perspective of child protection and school psychologists.
01.2024
2 Speeches
The primary social issues are the equity of education funding and raising teacher salary levels, which is linked to the budgetary autonomy of schools. Furthermore, emphasis is placed on the significant role of the social sciences and humanities sector in broader national development.