Belarus’ President, Education Minister discuss new school year preparations

      The new school year preparations were discussed in a meeting between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Education Minister Sergey Maskevich.
The meeting discussed the preparations for the new school year, the enrollment campaign, training of specialists in universities and vocational schools in accordance with the needs of the national economy, and the development of the education system in general.
After the meeting Education Minister Sergey Maskevich told media:
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       The President stressed that the state stands ready to provide funding to families to help them with the costs of going to school, if needed. But funds must be earmarked in a targeted fashion.
In addition, the President drew particular attention to security issues: everything must be done properly in schools and the relevant instructions of the President must be implemented unswervingly.
Alexander Lukashenko demanded to improve discipline and organization of work in educational institutions.
     In addition, Alexander Lukashenko drew attention to the development of higher education, in particular, to the need for further work on the training of practice-oriented professionals. The Education Ministry has been instructed to consider the issue of target contract-based training with a view to improving the rules for admission.