Why do Russian medium upper secondary schools (grades 10 to 12) need to start the transition to Estonian medium studies?

In 1997, it was specified in the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act that the transition to Estonian-language instruction in Russian-language schools at the upper secondary school level would start no later than 1 September 2007.

An overview of the research dealing with the transition to subject instruction in Estonian

Numeric data for schools with Russian as the language of instruction

Training events for the teachers of non-Estonian schools are carried out in different higher educational institutions in Estonia.

Language immersion is a form of studies that is being implemented as a national program in Estonia for better acquisition of Estonian as the second language.