By: Moja Dolenjska
“This is insane. No one in Slovenia should attend mandatory classes if they do not understand Slovenian. The current Golob coalition (Freedom Movement, Social Democrats, and the Left) rejected a reasonable proposal that students who do not speak Slovenian should first attend special Slovenian language classes before joining regular education.
It would be better for them, for the teachers, and for Slovenian students, who are now inevitably disadvantaged twice. Teachers must devote more attention to others, and the overall level of knowledge inevitably declines. At the same time, classrooms form groups of students who speak different languages, which certainly does not contribute to the organic integration of foreigners into our way of life. The consequences are negative and dangerous.
Next year, we will correct this and tighten immigration policy, adapting it to our needs instead of pursuing leftist goals of importing as many new voters as possible at the taxpayers’ expense.”
This was stated by Janez Janša, president of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS).
Andreja Špajzer, principal of the elementary school in Žalec, sent a message to parents of foreign students in Albanian and publicly stated that about one-fifth of the students at the school do not speak Slovenian. She does not consider the message in Albanian problematic, even though Slovenian is the official language in Slovenia, and she should be advocating for it.
Comments on the principal’s message posted on X include:
- Golob’s government is explicitly anti-Slovenian and is deliberately destroying Slovenia.
- Procedures in elementary schools are official procedures, and the official language in such matters is Slovenian.
- A serious issue that negatively affects the progress of Slovenian children.
- This is an attack on Slovenia.
Former principal Mojca Škrinjar also wrote: “In this case, the Minister of Education should be on the pillory, not the principal. … The education system does not allow foreign students to be placed in an interim programme where they would first learn Slovenian and then enrol in the next grade/year. Behind this fact lies a much more serious intent than the principal’s clumsiness.”
One user on X commented: “That is how it is in America, because migration is very high. My grandchildren, even though they knew some English, had to spend their first year in a class focused on learning English, along with other foreign children. Here, teachers are learning Albanian! Crazy!”
Janez Janša’s post on X is available at the link: (21) Janez Janša on X