Belarus needs qualified, creative staff – Łukašenka

August 27, Pozirk. Alaksandar Łukašenka has criticized alleged attempts to discredit the Belarusian education system.
The remarks he made at the Republican Pedagogical Council in Minsk were quoted by his press office today.
He started off by asking why foreign countries are trying to lure Belarusian graduates “if our education is that bad.” “The answer is obvious,” he said. Young Lithuanians, Latvians, Poles and Estonians are looking for a better life in Western Europe and overseas, so “these and other neighbors need our children.”
He went on to say that the improvement of education is often discussed at meetings on economy, science, agriculture and regional policy.
“By the way, the role of science will be significantly strengthened and increased literally from next year,” he asserted. “The overarching idea that governs all decisions at these meetings is the development of breakthrough technologies and the establishment of new industries. To do this, we need qualified staff capable of thinking creatively, solving non-standard problems, adopting best practices, and implementing them in real production and the social sphere.”
According to Łukašenka, Belarus is very serious about knowledge. The government is trying to orient the National Academy of Sciences towards promising, science-intensive projects.
“The [education] minister reported on the results of a check on universities and rectors, conducted on my instructions. Let me tell you that it is just the beginning and no one will be able to sit it out. We intend to put our universities in order in the most uncompromising manner,” he warned.
After the 2020 unrest, reprisals have affected science and education, among other fields. Students, teachers and scientists have often been expelled, imprisoned or forced in exile. Vice-rectors for security and personnel, effectively responsible for maintaining political loyalty, have been appointed to universities. Schools have opened military and patriotic classes. Most private schools have lost their licenses, and the few non-government higher education institutions are winding down their operations.
The pro-democracy movement is campaigning for the opening of education programs for exiled Belarusian students.

Łukašenka wants Academy of Sciences to contribute more to economy
- PoliticsKGB designates open-source intelligence project Phoenix extremist groupThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarus, Russia to develop system for sharing checkpoint data on third-country travelersThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, PoliticsGermany arrests Belarusian suspected of smuggling sanctioned cars to RussiaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityEP identifies identifies Russia, with Belarus as ally, as EU’s biggest threatThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyFinance ministry set to raise $50 million from US-dollar bondsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- Politics, SecurityBelarusian, Iranian defense ministers hold talks in MinskThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SportŁukašenka postpones commissioning of 33,000-capacity national stadiumThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsViasna: hundreds jailed regime critics at riskThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyArchbishop Emeritus Kandrusievič’s health deterioratesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyBelarusian charged with smuggling car parts from Lithuania, PolandThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- PoliticsKavaleŭski argues for swapping ultimatums for diplomacy to free Belarus’ dissidentsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Politics, SecurityBelarusian accused of spying for Russia, arson attack on Polish supermarketThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Society
- PoliticsReprisals: trials of 2020 protesters continueThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- EconomyProject to build Belarusian port in Russia’s Far East on hold over high interest ratesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityDefense minister observes live-fire training near BarysaŭThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityAnother border patrol station opens near Ukrainian borderThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsMinsk designates pro-Ukrainian media outlet as extremist groupThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarusian foreign minister praises Trump's pragmatism in TV interviewThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityIranian defense minister in Minsk for talksThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyRussian governor eyes Belarusian equipment to revamp Vladivostok's electric transportThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, PoliticsGuinea-Bissau president to visit BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityUkraine’s drone attack delays flights from Minsk to MoscowThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Society
- Politics, SecurityŁukašenka plays up Minsk’s effort to resolve Ukraine conflictThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy