Agenda Profile: Anti Poolamets
Administrative oversight over the City of Narva and its municipal schools.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, press briefing
Political Position
The political position focuses heavily on criticizing the failures of education policy, particularly concerning language immersion and the composition of classes. The speaker urgently insists upon intervention to protect the developmental environment of native Estonian-speaking children and to ensure that Russian-speaking children properly acquire the Estonian language. The framework of this issue is value-based, emphasizing the need to protect children from being used as "instruments of half-baked experiments."
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Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates expertise in educational administration, focusing on the methodology for forming classes and groups, and the necessity of standardizing language proficiency levels. They use specific terminology such as "language proficiency," "group formation," and propose the use of "tests and assessments" as a solution. The expertise is practical and centers on the consequences of policy implementation at the local level.
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Rhetorical Style
The rhetorical style is critical and forceful, emphasizing the complexity of the situation and the suffering of the children who have become "instruments of incomplete experiments." Both emotional appeals are employed (for instance, the story of a child who believes Moscow is the capital) and logical proposals (standardizing the level through tests). The tone is formal, presenting a request to the oversight body.
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Activity Patterns
There is not enough data.
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Opposition Stance
The opposition is aimed at the current educational system and those responsible for carrying out "half-baked experiments," which have resulted in an environment where language proficiency is inconsistent. The criticism is rooted in policy and procedure, stressing that children have become the victims because they lack adequate language instruction or a native-language environment for development.
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Collaboration Style
The speaker is submitting a specific request to the supervisory authorities, asking them to investigate the level of language proficiency and consider amending the staffing rules. There is no data regarding willingness to cooperate or coalitions; this is rather a demand directed at an administrative body.
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Regional Focus
The regional focus is highly specific, concentrating on the administrative oversight of the city of Narva and its municipal schools. We are addressing the problems related to the language environment and educational organization in this specific area, where children who are native Estonian speakers have become a minority.
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Economic Views
There is not enough data.
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Social Issues
The primary social topic is education and language policy, emphasizing the need to protect the developmental environment for children whose mother tongue is Estonian and to ensure an equal standard of language instruction for all children. To solve this problem, proposals include testing children’s language proficiency and leveling groups to prevent uneven skill levels and subsequent boredom. The goal is to improve the learning outcomes for both Estonian-speaking and Russian-speaking children.
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Legislative Focus
The legislative focus is aimed at influencing the administrative oversight process, requiring the assessment of language proficiency levels in schools and kindergartens. The priority is initiating regulatory amendments to the rules governing group formation, recommending that language proficiency be taken into account and that tests be utilized to standardize the level.
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