Narva Soldino Gümnaasium is a municipal secondary school which is located in the town of Narva, the third largest city in Estonia close proximity to EU-Russia border with population 62,000 people. Narva is a meeting point of two cultures: Estonian and Russian: 94% of the population are Russian speaking, 47% of inhabitants have got Estonian citizenship, 37% are citizens of Russia.
The school was founded in 1985. Now it is a fast developing institution that provides a modern educational environment and teaching at a high level. Since 2010 it has been a UNESCO associated school. The school has two languages of instruction: Estonian and Russian. A lot of attention is paid to learn foreign languages - English is compulsory and German is a selective subject. A lot of emphasis is putting on development of individual aptitude and interests of the students. There are 900 students at the age of 7-19 and 72 teachers in our school. Principal teaching language is Russian, complimented with Estonian as state language as well as English and German language. We offer our students three areas of learning and development: Sustainable Health, Economics and Enterprise and Integration to the world community through the European Union. In curriculum we have also civics lessons where our students learn about democratic processes and history of world democracy. There are support systems at the school targeted to both gifted students and students with physical and psychological problems. Our school Youth Parliament and Student Self-government are in place and very active. Career counseling is also created and empowered by a career coordinator.
NSG is a UNESCO associated school and it has 12 years of experience in project work assisted by our experienced project manager. As project work is one of our priorities, students and teachers take active part in various projects. We started with LLP Comenius. Now we have two Erasmus+ projects running in our school -Intellectual Art Bridge (2017-2019) and Our Heritage- Where the Past Meets the Future (2018-2020)