Owners of the European diplomas to Belarus - some kind of piece goods. Their about 5 thousand people, are less than 7% of number of annual graduates of all Belarusian higher education institutions. For comparison - students from Turkmenistan in RB now studies more. What education Belarusians seek to get in Europe, how many them and where already could make it and what their chances on a labor market?
of EGU and Kalinovsky's program
the Noticeable share of the European diplomas to Belarusians were given out by the European Humanities University (EHU) which in 2004 was closed by the Belarusian authorities and in 2005, having moved from Minsk to Vilnius, resumed the activity in Lithuania.
to Smaller number of Belarusians, but on wider range of specialties of a distance the highest education the Polish higher education institutions within the program of a name of Kalinovsky. It is aimed at support of the repressed Belarusian students. From the moment of establishment of this program in 2006 free training and grants within it were got by about 900 people. In 2016 the program switched over from training of students to training of masters.
the Diploma to Belarus recognize, but employment is not guaranteed
Dunaev Vladimir
In interview of website "Deutsche Welle" the expert of Public Bologna committee, the former vice rector of EGU Dunaev Vladimir as a whole agreed with such assessment, having noted, however, a problem with recognition of degrees of doctors of science, and also difficulties with employment.
"Those who graduates from higher education institutions abroad, has rather weak communications with the Belarusian labor market. Support of employment of graduates is rather serious problem which, unfortunately, is not solved. Only those who studies at the expense of budgets, - they, it seems, somehow in sight of the state" , - Dunaev Vladimir emphasized.
of "Lyrics" go to study, "physics" - for work
Interrogated website "Deutsche Welle" experts assume that the young Belarusians going for study to Europe, choose rather social and humanitarian specialties, than engineering and natural-science. In interview of website "Deutsche Welle" the methodologist Matskevich Vladimir tried to explain this phenomenon, which is the founder of one of leaders of the Belarusian informal educations - "Flying university"." Experience of the next countries where really Belarusians most often go to study, is Poland and Czech Republic. The Czech education in the field of technical and natural science looks closer European further from Soviet, and Polish in this area weaker", - Matskevich Vladimir specified.
Matskevich Vladimir
In passing he offered br one more hypothesis: "Perhaps, in respect of departure abroad the people inclined to freedom have a preference, to culture, etc." . as a result, on its expression, go to study abroad rather future humanists, and here for work the young people who have already received the highest technical education in Belarus go to Europe and America.
Dunaev Vladimir, Matskevich Vladimir do not consider training of the Belarusian students abroad in the category "brain drains". Dunaev Vladimir pays attention that such phenomenon is explained not by desire to gain the European diploma, and problems in the country. By words Matskevich Vladimir ", brain drain" concern the persons who have already got education, professionally taken place, but not having opportunity to realize the abilities and talents in the homeland. "Here when Soviet Union there left the taken place scientists on the West is really there was "brain drain" , - he explained.
the European diplomas without separation from the house
"the European education opens br for the Belarusian citizens of prospect of adaptation in the modern world. And the corresponding diploma - gate for the person to the world of professions on a labor market of the whole world", - is stated by Matskevich Vladimir.
Milinkevich Alexander
It seems that for receiving the European educations to Belarusians will not need to leave soon the country for a long time. The ex-candidate for president of RB Milinkevich Alexander registered in Warsaw Free Belarus University (FBU) fund and became his chancellor. In interview of website "Deutsche Welle" Milinkevich Alexander reported that fund registration - one of stages of creation of an educational platform for elite Belarus which could make in the future in the country democratic reforms.
It is supposed br that the Free Belarusian university will use the principles of remote Internet education, but sessions and training in partner higher education institutions will be also available to students. The last will allow to gain the European diplomas.
"Nekirpichny" university
As were told in interview of website "Deutsche Welle" by the chancellor of FBU Milinkevich Alexander, at present the fund already has an arrangement on partnership with the Warsaw university (Uniwersytet Warszawski) and College Europe (College of Europe). "If the diploma is not necessary to someone, but it is necessary to acquire new knowledge, to expand competence then the Belarusian educational non-profit organizations to which will have opportunity to expose modules of the courses on our online platform" can win back a big role, - Milinkevich Alexander specified. Besides, the chancellor of FBU emphasized that the project is open for cooperation and with the Belarusian state universities.
"Here "university" is a word which misleads rather as it not traditional "brick" university, and first of all this online space", - was noted in interview of website "Deutsche Welle" by the former vice rector of EGU Dunaev Vladimir . According to him, Free Belarusian university it is most of all similar to that MOOC (from massive open online courses - mass open online courses) the Coursera type" is called today. Actually, for this reason the new project is not the competitor EGU, to other classical higher education institutions.
As for FBU, it not educational institution, and fund (Stiftung Universität) which will act as the operator to organize and coordinate educational and scientific programs of higher education institutions and representatives of sector of informal educations.
the Belarusian language is regarded as of paramount importance
the Chancellor of FBU told that students of Free Belarusian university applying for the European diploma need to own Belarusian, Polish and English in which will be trained. "Our partner - College Europe - has fine modules of modern training on Internet to the Polish and English languages. And Belarusian to Belarus, I hope, all understand", - Milinkevich Alexander speaks.
In turn Dunaev Vladimir pays attention that teaching in the Belarusian language not only solves a problem of language discrimination when receiving educations to Belarus. "It not simply such gesture towards those who is anxious with questions of our national identity. Same also surprising chance to use the Belarusian language as a marker for designation of such innovative content. It can become language through which to us the European values and the European competences" come, - the expert added.
the Chancellor of FBU confirmed that training will be paid, but is not more expensive, than the correspondence education in the Belarusian higher education institutions. In the long term, by words Milinkevich Alexander, will appear also grants for some students.