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Undervisningsväsen i Estland (estniska) Koolid
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Söderströms
Stipendiefond
Stockholms Läns
Hemslöjdsförening
Katarinahuset Box 6442 11382 Stockholm e-post: estlandinfo@soderstromdirect.freeservers.com
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Estonia is a tiny ex-Soviet republic
at the gates of the Baltic Sea. Its proximity to Finland and to the
Scandinavian Peninsula marks the history, culture and the language of the
country. Estonia has good economical background compared to that of
other ex-Soviet republics and is a hopeful future member of the European
Union. The Söderström Foundation has a few projects in Estonia but
the usual educational scholarships are to start in January 2003. Currently we
have only eight students from Estonia here in Stockholm, they are
participating in exchange courses in sociology for 6 months. Public Education in Estonia: Compared to the size of the country
and the heavy burden of being an ex-Soviet colony and republic, Estonia has a
fairly effective public education sector. The main problem for them is the
lack of state funds, which results in the massive immigration of the best
teachers. Teacher salaries in Estonia are very law, but compared to neighbouring
Latvia, Lithuania or Russia they still make about 3 times better. Higher Education: A considerable difficulty lies in the lack of funds for
scientific researches (which parenthetically is a most current problem in E.
Europe), but the system still works and fundamentally most of the students
that come out of Estonian universities have a compatible skill and knowledge.
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