{"id":165,"date":"2020-03-06T20:38:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T18:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inyazoro.info\/?p=165"},"modified":"2020-05-06T11:46:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T08:46:20","slug":"officials-told-erzyans-that-they-dont-need-erzyan-gymnasium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inyazoro.info\/?p=165&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Officials told Erzyans that they don\u2019t need Erzyan gymnasium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/span>

Ministry of education of Republic of Mordovia reacted to a public campaign by Erzyan activists who send their claims to the head of the republic demanding to open Erzyan gymnasium in Saransk.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

Four-pages letter signed by Ivan Dugushkin,<\/span> deputy of Mordovian education minister,<\/span> justifies that Erzyan gymnasium isn\u2019t nessesary,<\/span> because a regional module <\/span>\u201cWe live in Mordovia\u201d<\/span> is already being implemented,<\/span> and Erzyan language is taught in 73 groups,<\/span> visited by 1340 enthusiasts.<\/span> Mister Dugushkin summarizes his letter with a conclusion that <\/span>\u201coptimal conditions are created for study and support of Erzyan language in Republic of Mordovia and municipal district of Saransk\u201d<\/span>.<\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

At the same time the ministry itself provides sad statistics.<\/span> There are only 28 schools in all Mordovia,<\/span> where Erzyan language is studied at least 2-3 hours per week and 93 schools,<\/span> where it is studied for 1-2 hours per week.<\/span> So practically in all Mordovian schools Erzyan language is studied less than English or other foreign languages <\/span>(including many schools that don\u2019t study Erzyan at all)<\/span>.<\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

<\/span>\u201cIt was politely explained to us that gymnasiums and universities are for Russian culture,<\/span> Erzyans should be glad to have study groups and regional module <\/span>\u201cWe live in Mordovia\u201d<\/span>. Instead of education in Erzyan language they offer us local history groups and conversation about folklore.<\/span> Actually Russian officials are laying our people into a grave and already filling it up.<\/span> We are trying to get out from that grave,<\/span> but they say to us:<\/span> \u201cYou\u2019d better lie down,<\/span> lie down.<\/span> It is not necessary to aggravate!<\/span> It is a natural process\u201d<\/span>. I can see only one solution of this situation.<\/span> If we are not heard by Russian authorities then it is necessary to appeal to international community,<\/span> because we are actually deprived of our right to education by mother Erzyan language\u201d<\/span>, <\/span>\u2013 Yogan\u2019 Min\u2019ka,<\/span> participant of a civil campaign for opening Erzyan gymnasium in Saransk,<\/span> told reporters.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

Four-pages letter signed by Ivan Dugushkin,<\/span> deputy of Mordovian education minister,<\/span> justifies that Erzyan gymnasium isn\u2019t nessesary.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

It should be reminded that a campaign for opening Erzyan gymnasium in Saransk started in October 2019 when such demand to Mordovian government was publicly filed by Syres\u2019 Boliayen\u2019,<\/span> chief elder <\/span>(erz.<\/span> Inyazor)<\/span> of Erzyan people.<\/span><\/p><\/span>\n\n<\/span>\n\n<\/span>

The same month Piotr Tultaev,<\/span> head of Saransk,<\/span> rejected the idea about gymnasium and mentioned that <\/span>\u201cin schools of Saransk,<\/span> especially in districts with compact residence of Mordva,<\/span> national languages are studied.<\/span> National culture and languages of peoples of Mordovia are taught in kindergardens\u201d<\/span>. Already in January 2020 dozens of Erzyan families sent their letters to Vladimir Volkov,<\/span> head of Republic of Mordovia with a suggestion to create gymnasium in Saransk,<\/span> \u201cwhere Erzyan language will be studied not just as language class but a number of compulsory classes would be taught in our mother Erzyan tongue too\u201d<\/span>.<\/p><\/span>\n