Kateryna Endeberia says teachers made the ‘hurtful’ request when she had difficulty with other subjects
A Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drop out of sixth-form college after she said she was put under pressure to study Russian.
Kateryna Endeberia moved to Stoke-on-Trent after fleeing Ukraine in 2022, after the start of Russia’s invasion.
She took her GCSEs at The Excel Academy in 2023 before completing a foundation year at City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College (SFC) and then studying economics, politics and statistics for one year.
But the 19-year-old said that when she ran into difficulty with her subjects, teachers tried to persuade her to study Russian instead.
