21 Jan 2008
The rules of entering higher education in Belarus are going to be changed soon. The attitude of the Belarusian state to higher education is also changing. The ministry in charge is already alarming about too many specialist with higher education diplomas and lack of labour force at the same time. What are the steps to be taken by the state to solve the problem?
28 Nov 2007
The visit of the 5 most famous belarusian rock musicians – Lyavon Volski (NRM), Pete Paulau (NRM), Aliaksandar Kulinkovich (Neuro Dubel), Ihar Varashkevich (Krama) and Aleh Hamenka (Palac) – to the main “ideologist” of the country – Aleh Praliaskouski – raised a great debate among Belarusian bloggers about politics in music and loyalty to the principles of democracy. The bloggers community divided into two fractions: those who think that the musicians betrayed democratic principles by collaborating with the Belarusian regime (in their opinion going to a meeting to which they were invited is already a form of political collaboration) and those who defend the musicians from groundless accusation of political mistakes.
07 Sep 2007
The first week of the academic year began with many people speaking about education in Belarus and what kind of changes should be made. The post introduces you to some of the topics discussed in Belarus at the beginning of September. Among them: introduction of the Educational Code; strengthening of ideological work; internships for students and university teachers; increase of scholarships and changes to study programs, etc.
