Inside Europe: Latvian crackdown on disloyal teachers
Politics
Gederts Gelzis
November 4, 2016
The Latvian cabinet has given the green light to a bill that would crack down on schoolteachers considered disloyal. Under the proposed law, teachers who don’t support the country and its constitution, or are seen to pose a risk to the education of pupils are to be immediately sacked. Gederts Gelzis reports on concerns over the bill.