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Lukashenko calls for incentives to keep talented youth in Belarus
MINSK, 17 October (BelTA) – We need to develop incentives to keep talented young people in the country, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Minsk City Center for Technical Creativity for Children and Youth in the Belarusian capital on 17 October, BelTA has learned.
“I'm hinting that you must not lose capable people. There is a colossal demand for our youth, for our students,” the president remarked.
Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that efforts must be made to retain promising personnel in Belarus by creating the necessary conditions for them. “You cannot hold them by force nowadays. We must create corresponding incentives for them,” he said.
At the Minsk City Technical Creativity Center for Children and Youth, the head of state was briefed on the children and youth extracurricular education system in Minsk and on the prospects for developing technical creativity. According to Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev, nearly 70,000 children attend extracurricular education centers in the Belarusian capital. At the same time, students show a clear preference for the humanities and arts, while demonstrating less interest in technical subjects.
In his words, there are 141 engineering classes operating in Minsk, involving about 2,500 students. A number of enterprises and educational institutions are interested in collaborating with these engineering classes and training personnel for high-tech industries.
“We needed a center that would provide essential knowledge from the age of six and help children find their path,” Vladimir Kukharev said. The Technical Creativity Center for Children and Youth in Minsk houses 18 study labs, fully equipped to teach cutting-edge technologies. “In total, the center will have a monthly enrollment of 7,500 students and will host 281 interest-based clubs,” the Minsk mayor said.
Education Minister Andrei Ivanets noted that there are a total of 180 engineering and technology centers for school students operating across the country. According to him, such centers exist in every district. Large centers for technical creativity have been established at the level of regional centers and Minsk, with the National Children's Technopark serving as the pinnacle of this pyramid. “Today, 80% of the projects at the National Children's Technopark are carried out on the orders of enterprises. Each of the 15 laboratories there is affiliated with relevant government ministries,” Andrei Ivanets reported.
According to the minister, the support provided by the state to gifted youth is already yielding results. In the latest university admissions campaign, 90% of the winners of national and international Olympiads and nearly 100% of academic high-achievers enrolled in Belarusian universities.
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