Minsk hosts meeting of Education Ministries of Belarus, Russia
MINSK, 15 December (BelTA) – Minsk is playing host to a joint session of the boards of the Education Ministry of Belarus, the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus and the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia, BelTA has learned.
Deputy State Secretary of the Union State Viktor Sirenko told the media that the agencies of the countries have been working effectively. “On 17 November, we signed a landmark document in facilitating the accreditation of universities of both countries. This is the base, the platform on which we can build the system of higher education. It is important for us that there is a healthy interest in the educational environment in Belarus, where there are two branches of Russian universities. Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov got familiar with the base, the programs 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,” he said.