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After the failure of the 2020 Belarusian Democratic Revolution, the political regime in the country had turned toward rapid modification from authoritarian to totalitarian. This political trend is clearly seen in the development of the sphere of education. There are several processes which indicate it: political indoctrination, militarization, continuation of severe political repressions, elimination of all forms of non-governmental education institutions. They are accompanied by Russification conducted both by Belarusian regime and Russian “soft power” institutions, and overall decline of the system of education in general.
The purpose of the Policy Paper is to provide comprehensive outlook of the system of education in the Republic of Belarus and the major trends of it development. It focuses mainly on the actual events of 2024 calendar year, but in some cases overlaps several last years because of the natural delay in providing of statistical data. The research is based on the open information in official resources, media, social networks, as well as on those provided through informal canals of communication.
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Despite promising statements condemning violence from some universities in August, even before the start of the school year it became clear that there would be pressure on active students and teachers. The Belarusian Students' Association prepared a review of the pressure on students over the previous academic year. Honest University published it's "University is not a prison" project in December 2021. We supplement this data with cases of fired teachers.
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The main outcome of 2021 was the approval of the new edition of the Education Code, which was supposed to create the basis for the Bologna reforms. Positive changes in the Code include the enshrinement of the norm of adding "Diploma Supplement" to the diploma in accordance with the European model after more than 10 years of promising. This is the only Bologna commitment that has been fulfilled almost fully.
Below we cite the selected parts of our analytical report, you can download the full report by clicking here.
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The report was prepared by the Belarusian Student Support Association (BeSSA), an association of initiatives and organizations of the Belarusian diaspora working to support the Belarusian academic community. The association was established in autumn 2020 in the wake of repressions against students, employees of Belarusian universities and research institutions, in particular, the National Academy of Sciences. To date, BeSSA brings together organizations and academic initiatives from at least 10 countries, including Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Portugal and the United States. The focus of BeSSA's activities is on consolidating resources to create programs to support the target group, and on finding and disseminating information about existing opportunities for continuing education and / or academic careers outside the Belarusian education system.
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Belarusian Independent Bologna Committee is launching a series of articles with stories of fired university teachers. We cite articles in their entirety, without editing. All authors could hide the names of universities and departments for security reasons.
I'm 47 years old. I am a former employee of a regional university, Ph.D. I worked in the educational and methodological department for 20 years, defended my dissertation, taught. After the events related to the elections, I participated in protests, signed the appeal of students, staff and alumni of the university against violence.
