The draft decision envisages nominating Riigikogu member Evelin Poolamets as a member of the Estonian National Broadcasting Council. The decision follows the departure of the current council member Varro Vooglaiu from the faction of the Estonian Conservative People's Party.
The Estonian Broadcasting Council consists of members of the Riigikogu and recognized experts in the field of broadcasting. The Riigikogu appoints one representative from each Riigikogu to the council at the proposal of the Riigikogu Culture Committee from the parliamentary group until the end of the mandate of the Riigikogu, and four recognized experts in the field of activities of the National Broadcasting Company, whose mandate lasts for five years.
Eelnõuga tehakse muudatusi kõrghariduse korralduses, et suurendada õppimisvõimaluste paindlikkust, tugevdada kõrgkoolide rahastamise jätkusuutlikkust ning parandada õppe vastavust tööturu vajadustele.
Muudatustega laiendatakse eraraha kaasamise võimalusi, võimaldades võtta õppetasu eestikeelsetel üheaastastel magistriõppekavadel ning kehtestades õppetasu küsimise õiguse doktoriõppes. Kõrgkoolidel on edaspidi õigus nõuda õppekulude hüvitamist magistriõppekavadel, mille maht on väiksem kui 120 EAP ja doktoriõppes võib kõrgkool tasu küsida kolmandate riikide kodanikelt.
Samuti ajakohastatakse proviisoriõpet, et see vastaks paremini tööturu vajadustele.
Proviisori- ja farmatseudi õpet saab edaspidi korraldada eraldiseisvate BA ja MA õppekavade alusel, praegu toimub see integreeritud õppena.
Pärast farmatseudiõppe BA lõpetamist võib suunduda juba tööturule üld- või haiglaapteeki. Proviisorina töötamiseks peab läbima ka MA õppe ning siis saab tööle nt ravimiteadlasena ravimitööstusse.
Seaduse tasandile tuuakse kõrghariduse kvaliteediagentuuri regulatsioon ning sätestatakse kõrgharidusasutuste üle tehtav järelevalve.
Eelnõu täpsustas nn alustavate õpetajate regulatsiooni kutseõppeasutuse seaduses ning viib selle kooskõlla põhikooli- ja gümnaasiumiseaduses tehtud muudatustega, mis võimaldab üldhariduskoolil sõlmida kuni kolmeaastase tähtajalise töölepingu õpetajatega, kes püüdlevad kvalifikatsiooni suunas (on parasjagu õppes) või kelle tasemeharidus vastab seaduses nimetatud tingimustele, ning tagada töötasu alammäära kohaldamine ka alustavatele õpetajatele, kelle kvalifikatsioon ei vasta veel ametikoha nõuetele.
Arvestades kutsehariduse eripära ning kutseõpetajate kvalifikatsiooninõuete mitmetasandilisust kutsestandardite alusel, on vajalik ka täpsustada, milliste alustavate kutseõpetajatega võib sõlmida kuni kolmeaastase tähtajalise töölepingu ning millistel tingimustel.
Seaduse eesmärk on toetada õpetajate, sh kutseõpetajate järelkasvu ja tagada paindlikum värbamine olukorras, kus turul ei ole piisavalt kvalifikatsiooninõuetele vastavaid õpetajaid.
The bill makes the system of cultural and sports awards more flexible. From now on, the law will provide for a limited number of awards, not a specific number. The size of the rewards will depend on the possibilities of the state budget.
From the new year, the government will decide on the number and financial amount of the awards in the case of sports awards, and the minister of culture in the case of cultural awards. Both the government and the Minister of Culture make the laureates' decisions according to the commissions to proposals. The details of the candidates for cultural and sports awards must be made public on the website of the ministry no later than February 1.
The Minister of Culture also gets the authority to form the cultural awards committee. Until now, the members of the commission were confirmed by the government. This simplifies the procedure and reduces the administrative burden.
The bill abolishes the existing national cultural and sports scholarships. Free funds are channeled into other grants to use the money more purposefully.
The practice of recent years shows that there has been little interest in cultural scholarships, and some scholarships have not been awarded. When sports scholarships are abolished, state support reaches athletes through other supports. From now on, it is no longer necessary to apply for a sports scholarship, but only for a sports grant from the Estonian Olympic Committee.
The changes will reduce the administrative burden for both scholarship applicants and the Ministry of Culture. The need to separate will disappear for organizing scholarship rounds and processing applications.
Last year, 156 sports scholarships were awarded in the total amount of 140,400 euros. 20 people received cultural scholarships in the total amount of 46,000 euros.
Funds earmarked for scholarships are directed to other grants to make the use of funds more flexible.
According to the bill, the law is scheduled to enter into force on April 1, 2026.
The purpose of the bill is to strengthen the implementation of the principle of gender equality in the highest governing body of the National Broadcasting Company and to avoid situations now and in the future where the council consists of only one gender.
The draft amends the so-called private copying fee distribution system provided for in the Copyright Act, the purpose of which is to ensure fair compensation to rights holders for the loss of income resulting from copying for personal use. The purpose of the bill is to make the private copying system more flexible and efficient. To this end, the provisions on the distribution of the fee are amended, which gives the relevant persons more competence to decide the fee for private copying themselves. over distribution.
With the changes proposed in the bill, the main role in the process of distribution of private copying fees is given to collective management organizations exercising the rights of persons entitled to receive fees.
In order to develop a teacher's professional skills and shape a professional career, a teacher who meets the qualification requirements is assigned a career rank corresponding to the professional competencies: beginning teacher, teacher, senior teacher, master teacher. A career model with the same structure will be created for both general education and vocational teachers. The amendment sets the establishment of the minimum wage rate for all teachers on a uniform basis, i.e. the minimum wage rate is also provided for for teachers working in vocational education institutions. 2026-2028 are the minimum wage coefficients for the levels of the teacher's career model: beginning teacher 1.0; teacher 1.0; senior teacher 1,1; master teacher 1,3.
Becoming a teacher will be made more flexible - people who have a pedagogical education acquired before 2013, but no work experience, or a doctorate can be hired. Instead of the current one year, teacher training students can enter into a fixed-term contract contract for up to three years.
The bill also establishes the obligation to certify school principals, according to which the school manager must organize a development interview with each principal once a year, and during the fifth year of work, also an attestation. The attestation is carried out by a committee formed by the head of the school, and it confirms whether the manager meets the requirements set for his position.
The amendment to the Basic School and Gymnasium Act is scheduled to enter into force on January 1, 2026, and Amendment to the Vocational Education Institution Act on June 1, 2026.
The bill proposes to appoint Paavo Nõgene and Raul Rebane as recognized expert members of the Estonian National Broadcasting Council.
The appointment of new expert members of the Council stems from the fact that the powers of Peeter Espak and Viktor Trasberg, who were appointed members of the Council in 2020, will expire on May 27. The mandates of the other two expert members, Council Chairman Rein Veidemann and Sulev Valner, began in 2022 and will last until 2027. up to a year.
The Council of National Broadcasting includes one representative from each faction of the Riigikogu until the Riigikogu's mandate expires, and four experts from among recognized experts in the field of national broadcasting, whose terms of office are five years.
The bill provides for an increase in the national minimum amount of school lunch support, which would be 2 euros per student per school day. Currently, the state contributes one euro per day to school lunches. This amount has not changed for seven years, since 2018 to be precise.
The purpose of the bill is to establish the basis for conducting micro-qualification training and to make changes to improve the quality of in-service training. According to the bill, a regulation will be established for conducting micro-qualification training. The volume of the micro-qualification study is 5 to 30 credits, and the person who completes the study is given a micro-qualification certificate, which is entered in EHIS. The draft stipulates the requirements for an adult trainer.
The costs associated with the implementation of the law is covered by ESF funds, state fees and the state budget. The state budget is estimated to cost 100,000 euros, which will be covered from the budget of the Ministry of Education and Research. According to the bill, the law will enter into force on March 1, 2025. The requirements for conducting micro-qualification training will be implemented from September 1, 2025.
With the draft, it is proposed to develop the necessary legislation by May 1 of this year at the latest to ensure that the salary of teachers agreed in the coalition agreement reaches 120 percent of the average salary in Estonia and to establish a four-stage career model for teachers from 2025, which is related to salary increases as well as workload calculation and additional tasks.
The bill provides an additional basis for excluding a student from a general education school, as well as the legal basis for excluding a student from a vocational educational institution and a child from a preschool institution.
According to the bill, a student can be excluded from the list of a general education school also on the basis that the student does not have Estonian residence data, unless it is known that the student is in Estonia and the parent has submitted a confirmation of the studies to continue in this school. An analogous basis is also included for excluding a student from a vocational educational institution and for excluding a child from a preschool institution.
The bill provides for the grounds for excluding a student from a vocational educational institution as a whole, which until now are mainly included in the study organization rules established by the school council. The grounds are similar to the grounds for excluding a student from a general education school (e.g. when issuing a graduation certificate, at the request of a parent, repeatedly violates house rules, etc.). According to the bill, the grounds for excluding a child from a pre-school institution (e.g. at the request of a parent, when starting to fulfill school obligations, etc.) are also established as a complete list. According to the current procedure, the municipality or city government establishes the procedure for accepting and excluding children from kindergarten.
The explanatory letter states that the adoption of the bill as a law does not entail costs, as well as significant additional activities. First of all, it is necessary to solve the question, for example Regarding persons who have arrived in Estonia from Ukraine, if the child is enrolled in a school or kindergarten, but does not participate in educational and educational activities, for example, because the family has left the country and the parent has not informed the school or kindergarten about this.
It is proposed to the government to submit draft amendments to the Language Act, the Media Services Act, the Advertising Act, the Penal Code and other necessary legislation, which: allow the public entities of the Republic of Estonia and private legal entities to use only the state language in those activities aimed at the Estonian population. According to the draft, a translation of the Estonian text into a foreign language, which must not be Russian, can be added. At the same time the Estonian text must be first and better viewed than the foreign language text. It is also necessary to ensure control and responsibility for the fulfillment of the above requirements.
The bill increases the fine rates related to the violation of the Language Act and supplements the law with new means of influence.
The bill will increase the penalty rate for substitute filling from the current 640 euros to 25,000 euros, and as an additional means of influence, companies will be given the opportunity to apply a business ban with the court's permission in the case of a systematic violation of the Language Act.
Eelnõu näeb ette korra arsti, hambaarsti, õe ja ämmaemanda kvalifikatsiooninõuete paremaks kontrollimiseks, kui inimene on omandanud kvalifikatsiooni väljaspool Euroopa Majanduspiirkonna liikmesriike või Šveitsi. Uus kord on läbipaistvam ja õigusselgem ning tõhustab järelevalvet.
Edaspidi tuleb kõigil arstidel, õdedel, ämmaemandatel läbida enne Eestis töötamiseks loa saamist 1-6 kuu pikkune tööpraktika ja sooritada teooriaeksam. Tööpraktika aega on võimalik pikendada aastani.
Lisaks Terviseametile hakkavad tulevikus kolmandatest riikidest pärit arstide kvalifikatsiooni hindamises osalema veel Tartu Ülikool, Tartu või Tallinna Tervishoiukõrgkool. Kõrgkoolid hakkavad korraldama ka nende tööpraktikale suunamist ja teooriaeksamit.
Enne tööpraktikale asumist tuleb Terviseametile tõendada eesti keele oskust või keeleõpingutel osalemist. Eesti keeles tuleb sooritada ka teooriaeksam. Tervishoiuteenuse osutaja, kelle juurde kvalifikatsiooni tunnustamise taotleja tööpraktikale asub, peab määrama talle juhendaja. Tööpraktika ajaks kantakse taotleja Terviseameti tegevuslubade registrisse, et ta saaks ligipääsu tervise infosüsteemi andmetele.
Aastas esitab taotluse Eestis arstina tööle asumiseks umbes 40 kolmandatest riikidest pärit arsti ja õena tööle asumiseks 1-2 inimest.
Teine oluline muudatus puudutab eelnõus arst residente. Ravikindlustusseaduse muudatustega tagatakse ravikindlustuskaitse kõigile tööpraktikat sooritavatele arst-residentidele sõltumata nende töölepingu kestvusest. Muudatus puudutab ca 60 peremeditsiini arst-residenti, kes teevad residentuuri praktilise koolituse ühekuulisi tsükleid erinevates baasasutustes.