Latvianization

But right now, the major focus of Latvianization lies in the educational system.

To achieve this goal, Latvian education policy throughout the 1990s was aimed at a gradual Latvianization of the education system, including introducing common education standards for all schools, regulating the use of textbooks and teaching materials, and increasing Latvian language instruction in minority schools.

This predominantly Russian atmosphere has proved difficult to change, in spite of the formal declaration of Latvian independence and the passing of several Latvianization laws.