After Ukraine declared its independence in 1991, the government of Ukraine began following a policy of Ukrainization, to increase the use of Ukrainian while discouraging Russian, which has been gradually phased out from the country's education system, government, and national TV, radio programmes and films. Until 2017 The "Law on Education" granted Ukrainian families (parents and their children) a right to choose their native language for schools and studies. But this law was updated in 2017 to make the Ukrainian language the primary language of education in all schools.