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‘Why should I study Russian?’ Ukraine lobbies UK to introduce Ukrainian GCSE

27/12/2024 05:00 The Guardian

About 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongueUkraine is lobbying the UK government to give teenage refugees who fled the war-torn country the chance to study a GCSE in Ukrainian, amid reports they are instead being pressed to study Russian.Ukraine’s education ministry has written to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, to say it is “crucial” to reintroduce a GCSE in Ukrainian. Continue reading...

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