The move means that all schools nationwide 's including those that cater specifically to native Russian speakers 's will have to include Estonian-language courses in both Estonian literature and either music or civic studies.
Currently only 17 Russian-language schools 's about 27 percent of the total number of such schools operating in the country 's meet the requirements.
Under the program, all Russian-language schools will have to teach at least 60 percent of their courses in Estonian from the 10th grade onwards starting from the academic year 2011/2012.
In the previous academic year, there were 30,626 students attending Russian-language schools nationwide, nearly 20 percent of the total number of students in the country.
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