"Deeply infected with imperial viruses." The Expert Commission called on the Ministry of Education to withdraw all Russian literature from the program

The members of the expert commission on foreign literature called on the Ministry of Education and Science to exclude all Russian literature without exceptions from the school program. This is referred to in the appropriate open letter to the Minister of Education and Science Sergei Shkarlet, writes Chito.

The authors of the letter emphasize that the statement of the Ministry of Education and Science with the intention to partially leave in the program the creativity of Russian writers is contrary to the decision of the working group and the expert commission to completely remove Russian authors from programs from foreign literature for 5-9 and 10-11 grades.

Video of the Day "Russian Literature is deeply infected with the viruses of imperiality and messianism, so preserving it in the school programs of Ukraine offsets the achievements of our statehood and democracy. The victories of the Armed Forces on the front will be incomplete without decisive overcoming the influence of Russian imperial narratives that are distributed by Russian literature and culture, ”the letter reads.

The signatories point out that "our warriors die from the arms of the invaders, and our children die in the rubble of destroyed houses" Russian works in the program are inappropriate. They believe that the decision partially preserve Russian works in the programs is outlined by the work of the working group and the expert commission and "splash the memory of thousands of killed Ukrainian patriots.