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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

QUESTION OF THE DAY

20 July, 1999 - 00:00

How do you feel about the instruction by the President of Ukraine to conduct
university admission examinations in Russian?
  Vadym SKURATIVSKY,
philosopher:

"During the years of independence, we have seen from our own example
that no administrative pressure on language can lead to anything good,
but there is no doubt that the state should be a patron of, protect, and
promote its official language. But now a situation is quite possible in
this country that a Ukrainian high school graduate can opt for university
admission examinations in Russian. I do not envy the Ukrainian language
under such circumstances. One should not forget that admission exams in
Ukrainian are for many perhaps the only incentive to learn it, and, applying
to a university, one has to in one way or another take an exam in the Ukrainian
language. Otherwise, it will always remain marginal."

The Day will return to this topic in coming issues.

 

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