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On August 27, 2024, the Republican Pedagogical Council was held with the participation of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko. About 2.5 thousand people took part in it. Among them are teachers, heads of educational institutions, republican and local government bodies, as well as representatives of public associations and industry trade unions. The focus is on strategic issues of development of the national education system.
Alexander Lukashenko inquired in detail from the speakers about the topics of their reports, asked clarifying questions, and sometimes even spoke out on certain current topics. The head of state outlined the main directions in which the education system will be further adjusted:
- prestige of the profession – "In terms of salaries, for the first time in history we are close to the national average. Here the arithmetic is simple: you train competitive specialists, the economy grows – your income grows" ;
- patriotism is the foundation of education: "A lot has been done. We can talk about concrete results: we are recording high competition for military specialties, we see how the interest of young people in search work, the student brigade movement is growing and how the number of school graduates leaving is decreasing study abroad" ;
- professions of the future – "But let's remember that artificial intelligence will not replace you – a living teacher. Especially in developing the skills of adaptability and focus on the future" ;
- export of education services – "For us, the most important economic indicator is export. This is a matter of life for our country. Export is the brand of Belarus as a country with an open economy. We do not use the potential of export of education services enough. We almost do not train specialists with foreign skills communications, who know how to push elbows in tough foreign markets. And they should. Right from school." .
During the work of the teachers' council, The President noted the importance of expanding the college-university link and training engineering personnel: “How will we live without engineers tomorrow? Lawyers and historians will neither create electric cars nor build a nuclear power plant. That is, they are needed first of all – engineers. Where are they?” . Minister of Education Andrey Ivanets reported on the state and prospects for the development of the national education system, on organizational work with universities, on education at all levels of education.
The delegation from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics included: rector Vadim Bogush , vice-rector for scientific work Viktor Stempitsky , professor Maxim Vashkevich , director of the BSUIR branch "Minsk Radio Engineering College" Victoria Shatalova , head of the department of electronic engineering and technology Sergey Madveiko .
Within the framework of the council, an exhibition of scientific achievements of higher education institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Education was held. BSUIR presented at the exhibition all-weather long-range automotive collision warning radar . A prototype of the radar was developed and manufactured within the framework of subprogram 2 “Development in the production of new and high technologies” of the state program “High-tech technologies and equipment” for 2021-2025.
Development in the production of domestic automobile radar will allow for import substitution of devices of this class.
Source: BSUIR – News .
