II. Let’s talk about education
In today’s
society knowledge has acquired top priority. The most important thing in every
knowledge is blowing the mind and molding one's personality. The way of
thinking of every person strongly depends on their knowledge. Knowledge helps
to acquire a critical understanding of social, economic and political orders
and reasonable set of attitudes, values and beliefs. Not to speak about the
fact that it develops a sense of self-respect, the capacity to live as
independent, self-motivated adults and the ability to function as contributing
members of the society. In fact, it’s like a candle which gives light in the
darkness, as it guides us to do better in life.
Education is a
form of learning in which knowledge, skills and ha¬bits of a group of people
are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training and
research. When a person is young, they need teachers to help them become a
literate and educated person.
Our country has
a well-regarded education system. Pre-school edu¬cation is not compulsory in
Belarus but around 70% of children attend nursery or kindergarten before they
start school. According to our Con¬stitution every person has a right to a
schoolplace for a child from the age of 6 or 7. These places are provided free
of charge. Primary and ba¬sic secondary school education is compulsory. All
students must follow the basic education curriculum up to the age of 15, and
the vast majority of them stay at school until they finish secondary school at
17. Children study at school for 9 years then they may either continue their
education at school or go to colleges and vocational schools. There is a wide
choice of schools, colleges, vocational schools, universities and acad¬emies to
suit all tastes, income and inclinations. There is also postgradu¬ate education
which gives students opportunity to do research and get an MA, MSc and PhD
In my view, the
main principles of the educational system in our country are the priority of
human values, national culture as the basis for education, humanism, scientific
basis and support of gifted children. Any person can get the high-quality
education according to their abilities and inclinations.
It’s common
knowledge that the success of school education de¬pends mainly on the teachers,
their professional skills, the kind of rela¬tionship they can establish with
pupils. The task of school is not only to pass some information. Children’s
characters and perception of the world are formed here.
Face-to-face
learning is most common in secondary schools, col¬leges and universities. When
learning with a group, discussing and de¬bating become possible, which usually
create a perfect environment to develop critical thinking skills. Such learning
also cultivates students’ good sense of cooperation. Like I said, face-to-face
learning has a lot of advantages, but distance learning and doing online
courses are becoming more and more popular with high school students nowadays.
A modem person
has to know where and how to get information and knowledge in order to have a
good job and be a success. People have to get education during
all their lives.
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