The line Ministries of Belarus and Russia are working quite productively
At the joint collegium of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation that took place in Minsk, Deputy State Secretary of the Union State Viktor Sirenko told reporters that the line ministries of the two countries work quite productively.
«I believe that on November 17, we signed a landmark document in facilitating the accreditation of Higher Education Institutions of the two countries. And this, respectively, is the basis, the platform on which the system of higher education can be built further. It is important for us that there is a healthy interest in the educational environment in Belarus, where there are two branch offices of Russian universities. Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov reviewed the base, the programs that are run and the activities of these universities. It is extremely important for Belarus that students who are educated there are in demand in the labor market in the future, that this is an education of a very high level,» Deputy State Secretary of the Union State noted.
According to Viktar Sirenko, the Russian side has expressed a desire to visit the Belarusian-Russian University in Mogilev. «This is the only university in the country that trains students according to the Russian and Belarusian programmes. This university has been renovated under the Union State and the Standing Committee. It is already within its new walls, with new laboratories and areas of activity. The minister was interested in this. I would also like to recall the Forum of the Union State engineering and technology universities which is held at the Belarusian National Technical University. Next year the forum will take place for the 10th time. Other countries and other Institutions of Higher Education are also showing interest in the forum,» he said.
Viktor Sirenko added that the pandemic had unfortunately affected the plans of the two countries. «A tourist meeting, a meeting of natural scientists, the Olympics cannot take place remotely. We hope that the new year will let us fulfill the tasks we have set forth. After all, we miss direct personal contacts while communicating online. It is more difficult to convey warm-heartedness through a screen,» he added.