The government is preparing a decree on introducing changes to the rules of admission to universities. The draft law was discussed on May 3 at the session with the head of state.
As Aliaksandr Lukashenkastated, it is essential to take into account the needs of the economy in the training of specialists and enrolment of school graduates in higher educational institutions: “We will always take into account these needs concerning the number and the level of training of our school graduates, future students.”
“You suggest using tough criteria in providing preferences to certain categories of applicants, for example, winners of academic excellence competitions or athletes. There are many proposals. Since I do not have a definite opinion on a number of them, I would like to listen to your opinion on all the stages in the enrolment campaign,” the President emphasized.
The head of state approved a proposal to raise the number of «centralized» tests that a university applicant is to take from three to four starting 2017. The measure is expected to give applicants a wider choice of education programs that they can apply to, naviny.by quotes Education Minister Mihail Zhuraukou saying.
Besides, Lukashenka also backed a proposal to make «centralized» test scores valid for two years, not one year as is the case now.
The Belarus Committee of ICOMOS announces the collection of cases on the effectiveness of the State List of Historical and Cultural Values as a tool of the safeguarding the cultural monuments.
On March 27-28, the Belarus ICOMOS and the EuroBelarus held an online expert workshop on expanding opportunities for community participation in the governance of historical and cultural heritage.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.
"Specificity is different, but the priority is general." In Valożyn, a local strategy for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed.
The campaign "Agenda 50" was summed up in Ščučyn, and a local action plan for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed there.
The regional center has become the second city in Belarus where the local plan for the implementation of the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed.
Representatives of the campaign “Agenda 50” from five pilot cities discussed achievements in creating local agendas for implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
It is noteworthy that out of the five pilot cities, Stoubcy was the last to join the campaign “Agenda 50”, but the first one to complete the preparation of the local agenda.
On May 28, the city hosted a presentation of the results of the project "Equal to Equal" which was dedicated to monitoring the barrier-free environment in the city.
On March 3, members of the campaign "Agenda 50" from different Belarusian cities met in Minsk. The campaign is aimed at the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
In Stolin, social organizations and local authorities are implementing a project aimed at independent living of persons with disabilities, and creating local agenda for the district.
He said Belarus would likely face economic tightening not only as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but also a Russian trade oil crisis that worsened this past winter.
In his report, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis discusses several concepts that have been a part of the European social and philosophical thought for quite a time.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.