{"id":176830,"date":"2026-02-23T14:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176830\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"prosecutors-note-failures-in-patriotic-education-at-minsk-regions-schools","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176830\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors note failures in patriotic education at Minsk region\u2019s schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/voen_patriot_klass_ont_screen_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/voen_patriot_klass_ont_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/voen_patriot_klass_ont_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/voen_patriot_klass_ont_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/voen_patriot_klass_ont_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/voen_patriot_klass_ont_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Video by ONT TV channel \/ Still by Pozirk) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 23,<em> Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Minsk Region Prosecutor&#8217;s Office identified \u201cseveral violations\u201d in the organization of \u201ccivic and patriotic education\u201d of school students, its press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some schools \u201cdid not carry out all planned activities,\u201d prosecutors said, citing missed trips to memorial sites on Saturdays and during vacations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools also failed to ensure proper patriotic extracurricular activities and the functioning of military-patriotic clubs, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructors in military-patriotic education were found to have insufficient qualifications, with some reportedly adopting a formalistic approach to their duties and failing to properly implement the planned activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education departments in several districts in the Minsk region \u201cdid not exercise sufficient control over this area of activity,\u201d the office noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indoctrination of school students intensified after the 2020 postelection protests in Belarus, as the government keeps seeking loyalty and obedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The military-patriotic clubs provide basic military training accompanied by intensive indoctrination. Police officers and contract and enlisted military servicemen reportedly train school students in tactics, military map reading, field fortification, arms handling and hand-to-hand combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/voen_patriot_klub_na_strazhe_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/voen_patriot_klub_na_strazhe_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/voen_patriot_klub_na_strazhe_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/voen_patriot_klub_na_strazhe_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/voen_patriot_klub_na_strazhe_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/voen_patriot_klub_na_strazhe_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Police official promotes network aimed at securing loyalty from children to \u0141uka\u0161enka<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 18, Pozirk. Children should be ready &quot;to stand up for the country and the president&quot; and react to &quot;slander and extremism at different levels,\u201d Mika\u0142aj Karpianko\u016d, a key figure in police violence against regime critics in 2020, has told &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/130453\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 23, Pozirk. The Minsk Region Prosecutor&#8217;s Office identified \u201cseveral violations\u201d in the organization of \u201ccivic and patriotic education\u201d of school students, its press office reports. Some schools \u201cdid not carry out all planned activities,\u201d prosecutors said, citing missed trips to memorial sites on Saturdays and during vacations. Schools also failed to ensure proper patriotic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176774,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-176830","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prosecutors note failures in patriotic education at Minsk region\u2019s schools | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 23, Pozirk. 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