The Ministry of Education and Science supported the ban on communicating in russian during school breaks.
The Minister of Education, Oksen Lisovyi, announced this during the time of questions to the government, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"Regarding the bill, the initiative of Mrs. Natali Pipa, the Ministry of Education supported the bill with some remarks," he said regarding the bill on banning communication in russian in schools.
Lisovyi believes that in any decisions that protect the Ukrainian language, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of equal development of the languages of the national communities of the European Union.
"This certainly in no way applies to the language of the aggressor country. We understand that language is used as a weapon, as a prerequisite for aggression," he added regarding the need to protect the languages of national minorities.
According to him, the ministry "takes care of the languages of indigenous peoples, languages of national communities and, above all, the development of the Ukrainian language."
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, a Member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Holos faction, Secretary of the Committee on Education, Science and Innovation Nataliia Pipa and 31 other MPs proposed to the parliament to ban communication in russian in schools.
In the 10th Article of the Constitution, it is stated that the state ensures the comprehensive development and functioning of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of public life throughout the territory of Ukraine. Free development, use and protection of russian and other languages of national minorities of Ukraine is guaranteed in Ukraine.
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