Today, the head of Tuva Sholban Kara-ool has endorsed the law concerning the introduction of amendments to the regional languages law. The amendments mainly affect the use of Tuvan language in naming geographical objects, inscriptions, road signs and other signage, as well as studding the language in early childhood education centers.

The previous law was only proclaiming that Tuvan language study started in pre-school centers, while the new version of the law outlines the way of realization of the norm.

According to the law, a founder or a bylaw of a preschool institution determines the inclusion of the elements of traditional ceremonies, customs and ethics into the studding and educational process. From now on, all the geographical names, inscriptions, and road signs that had been written only in Russian, must be duplicated in Tuvan.

Authorized bodies of the executive branch, ministries of culture, education and science, are obligated to monitor the right appearance and the maintenance of the signs and inscriptions.

Sholban Kara-ool emphasized that the main intention of all the amendments is to increase the use of the language of native people of Tuva.

The law determines the principles of the national policy regarding the language.

The implementation of its main provisions is performed through the republican target programs, curriculum of the educational institutions. “The language law compliance is responsibility of every single resident of our multinational republic. In my view, to have perfect knowledge of the native language, to respect the languages of other peoples,  to build well-balanced bilingualism, speech culture and interethnic  communication is one of the essential requirements for stability and development of our society,”- says Sholban Kara-ool.