Today, June 8, the State Duma finalized the draft law on education. Parliamentarians submitted amendments to the document on the study of native languages. In the revised version, the public comments. A week later the bill will be examined by the committee, so that on June 19 it will be considered in the first reading by the State Duma, after which the initiative will be introduced in the regions. Corrections to the law were made by all factions, noted the first deputy head of the "United Russia" Andrei Isaev. The politician focused on a lengthy public debate. "The point in the discussion was put by President Vladimir Putin, who said that one can not coerce people to learn a language that is not native to him. The bill was sent to resolve this issue, since, unfortunately, there were numerous violations, calls were made to ensure the right of choice for all citizens, "said Isaev, thereby sharing the background of the process. About the compromise, which during the discussion tried to reach the deputies with all regions, national groups and public figures, said the chairman of the State Duma Committee for Education and Science Vyacheslav Nikonov. At the enlarged meeting, lawmakers stressed that their task was not to violate the rights of students and parents, and to leave in the compulsory school curriculum national languages. Because of what the deputies proposed to supplement the 11th article of this law with the provision with the following content: "federal state educational standards provide the opportunity to receive education in the native language from among the languages ??of the peoples of the Russian Federation, study the state languages ??of the republics of the Russian Federation, study the native language among the languages peoples of the Russian Federation ". "We propose to implement for the second reading such an option as the introduction of the possibility of studying the state language of the Russian Federation as a native language, that is, the Russian language as a native language," explained Nikonov. At the same time, the deputy believes, the mother tongue is still obligatory for all.

However, in the same list may be a Russian. According to Nikonov, it is required to clarify the choice of the native language as a subject where the main teaching is conducted in Russian. "Essentially, we are talking about the fact that when enrolling in the first grade and fifth grade parents of underage students applied for the language the child wants to study and what language the national republics want to study," the chairman of the Duma committee on education and science.