Belarus State Ideology Textbooks Distributed to Schools First-grade students were given state-ideology textbooks titled ”My Motherland Belarus” in September as a present from the president, according to Education Minister Alyaksandr Radzkou. Radzkou described the textbook as “an easy-to-read, quality product” created at President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s…
Austria EU to Step in to Solve Admissions Dilemma An EU working group looking into the mobility of students will be set up to investigate fears that upwards of 60,000 German students will flood the university system in Austria. The European Court of Justice ruled…
Belarus ‘Politicized’ Students to be Purged; Minister to Appoint Heads of Private Schools Education Minister Alyaksandr Radzkou announced to the Chamber of Representatives Oct. 3 that one of his ministry’s duties is to ensure that the educational process is not “politicized,” Belapan news agency reported….
Austria Top Court Overturns Austrian University Admissions Rules The admissions process for Austrian universities is in breach of European Union (EU) rules, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided in July. Students who have gained a high school diploma in a member state other than…
Belarus Shuttered University Reopens in Lithuania European Humanities University (EHU), which was shut down by the Belarusian authorities in July 2004 (see September/October 2004 issue of WENR), soon will reopen in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. Already, EHU has approximately 600 students enrolled. It reportedly will…