'Diagnosis Of Lukashenka Confirmed'
43- 27.09.2023, 12:13
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The problem is the dictator himself.
On Euroradio, historian and political scientist Roza Turarbekova commented on the prospects for education in Belarus in the light of the authorities' new proposals on education:
- The diagnosis that was made is confirmed. It is neo-Stalinism. For example, my mother got her diploma in the place where she was placed. That was the Stalinist system. Lukashenka is striving for this model.
Are there any advantages for university graduates?
- Lukashenka wants access to force people to work where they don't want to. Everyone wants a job in their profession. Sometimes I heard from parents: "I have a diploma, but there is no job".
It all reminds me of the story that most girls want to get married, but that doesn't mean the groom the state offers is good for them. Lukashenka wants to abolish freedom of choice.
Lukashenka himself, to put it bluntly, does not have a brilliant educational background. He thinks this is enough to keep the country in a state of stagnation. The question is what grades Lukashenka had, what diploma he has. What kind of education is it if, as a historian, he simply ignores a lot of things? I think the level and quality of his education is not very high," says Roza Turarbekova. In addition to the innovations in graduate placement, the authorities were concerned that, in their view, the study of English was not necessary in schools.
- This is a purely ideological point. Building a wall, literally and figuratively. This is how anti-Westernism is expressed. It must be said that the Ministry of Education and Enlightenment in the Russian Empire has always been one of the most reactionary. Judging by the statements of Prosecutor General Shved, I think he is guided by these old models.
Belarus as a whole had a rather bad situation with foreign languages, with their study in schools. In small towns and rural areas, for example. I remember a project in which graduates of the Department of International Relations took part, visiting the districts and teaching English to the children there.
They later wrote to me and explained why they should do this: not just to get a person into Harvard, but to broaden his or her horizons, to broaden his or her perspective in general. That is much more important in education.