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PROGRAM STYPENDIALNY IM. KONSTANTEGO KALINOWSKIEGO - 6 YEARS IN ACTION
An Alumni meeting dedicated to the 6’th anniversary of the Kastus Kalinouski Scholarship Program was held in Warsaw on March 30, 2012.
The Scholarship Program was launched on March 30, 2006, by signatures of Kazimirz Marcinkiewicz, Head of the Polish Council of Ministers, and Aliaksandr Milinkievich in the aftermath of events in the camp town at the main Ploshcha (Square) in Minsk when dozens of students were expelled from Belarusian educational institutions. Чытаць далейSTATEMENT BY THE BELARUSIAN BOLOGNA COMMITTEE
System of higher education in Belarus has become a tool for political repressions against dissidents, as mentioned in the Statement.
We ascertain that systemic violations of human rights in Belarusian institutions of higher education anchor authoritarian rule inside the higher school, thus demonstrating the fact that heads of educational institutions fail to understand fundamental academic values: university autonomy and academic freedom. Setting such values at defiance does not allow current system of Belarusian higher education to join the Bologna Process and become a full-fledged member of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). There is a direct connection between the “black list” and the denial by EHEA. Чытаць далей
“SALIDARNASC” DEFENDS STUDENTS
In connection with the fact that three students were expelled from Minsk State Linguistic University, Committee “Salidarnasc” sent out letters of reaction and pressure to Natallia Baranava, rector of MSLU, so that to “clear out the situation, to objectively assess cause of events and give the expelled students a chance to continue their education.”
Committee “Salidarnasc” mentioned in the letter that there are grounds to talk about political motivation in decisions about expulsion of Aliaksandr Saldatsenka, Aliaksandr Vialitchanka and Mikita Kavalenka from MSLU.
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Yauhen Skrabutan submitted a letter to the Minister of Education
Yauhen Skrabutan, a Kalinouski program grantee, submitted a letter to the Minister of Education, in response to Machkevich’s media statements that students are not expelled on political grounds in Belarus. Yauhen Skrabutan reminded the official about the story of his expulsion.
Чытаць далейKalinouski program 2011-2012 has started
Polish Goverment has decided to organize a special extra set of Kalinouski program, after the “Solidarity” Commitee send its request for helping the students who took an active role in presedential elections and were under the threat of criminal prosecution.
59 young Belarusians were invited to Poland for getting the opportunity to participate in preparatory courses of Polish language and culture, that will run until September 2011. After completing coursework, students will be sent to study in Polish universities. In March fellows were gathered in Warsaw for the impressionable cultural program: excursions, lectures, visits to key institutions of Poland. After that some of them will stay in Warsaw, while others will go to Krakow and Wroclaw to start learning Polish.
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