Information on social support measures for students
Fee benefits are established at the preschool education level.
Fees are not charged:
from parents (legal representatives) of children with disabilities, children suffering from oncological diseases, tuberculosis, infected with human immunodeficiency virus;
from family members of persons listed in subparagraphs 12.2 and 12.3 of Article 3 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On State Social Benefits, Rights and Guarantees for Certain Categories of Citizens".
Fees are reduced by 50 percent:
for families with three or more children under the age of 18;
for families living in the territory of radioactive contamination
in the zone of subsequent resettlement, in the zone with the right to resettlement, and in the zone of residence with periodic radiation control;
for guardians, foster parents, foster parents of family-type children's homes, children's villages (towns).
Fees are reduced by 30 percent:
for families with two children receiving preschool education, special education at the preschool education level.
The following benefits are provided at the general secondary and special education levels:
1. Free meals funded by the republican and (or) local budgets for 13 categories of students, as well as for 4 categories of students funded by the republican budget allocated for the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, depending on the zone of radioactive contamination.
In addition, students who permanently (primarily) reside in the territory of radioactive contamination and receive education at home, who cannot attend general secondary and special education institutions due to health reasons, receive compensation for the cost of meals.
2. Partial or full exemption from textbook fees for certain categories of students.
The vocational education system provides for:
1. Graduates of vocational education institutions are guaranteed the provision of their first job.
2. Students are paid educational, social, and special scholarships, as well as named scholarships for high academic performance and outstanding public work.
3. Students of institutions who have been studying for more than one year are provided with free single hot meals, and students from low-income families, as well as non-resident students of institutions located in rural settlements and urban-type settlements, are provided with free triple hot meals on study days.
4. Travel allowances are provided to needy non-resident students whose per capita family income, for objective reasons, is below the highest subsistence minimum per capita, approved by the Government of the Republic of Belarus, for the last two quarters.
5. During vocational training, students receive monetary payments for work performed. Funds from produced goods (works, services) in the amount of at least 75% are directed towards material incentives for students, taking into account their participation in the production of these goods.
Reimbursement of housing rental expenses.
In case of failure to provide dormitory accommodation for non-resident students studying full-time at the expense of the republican and (or) local budgets, reimbursement of housing rental expenses is made monthly in the following amounts:
in Minsk – 3 base amounts (81.0 rubles);
in other settlements – 2 base amounts (54.0 rubles).
Transportation benefits.
Students of vocational, secondary specialized, and higher education institutions are provided with travel allowances in an amount not exceeding 50 percent of the cost of travel (travel document) to their family's (parents') place of residence:
no more than 2 trips (round trip) per month by regular intercity public road transport, economy class interregional public railway transport;
no more than 4 trips (round trips) per month by public regular suburban passenger road transport (except taxis), by public regional economy class railway transport.
Preferential loan
At the state level, citizens receiving their first higher education on a paid basis in full-time education at state higher education institutions, higher education institutions of consumer cooperation of the Republic of Belarus, and higher education institutions of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus are supported by providing a loan on preferential terms (0.5 refinancing rate is paid from the budget).
About scholarships
By Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 398 dated 06.09.2011 "On social support for students", scholarship amounts are set in multiples of the subsistence minimum budget for the able-bodied population.
Guarantees and compensation for young specialists and workers
Graduates who studied at the expense of budget funds in full-time education are guaranteed employment in accordance with their acquired specialty.
Measures of additional support for young specialists (workers):
1) an unjustified refusal to conclude a labor contract with a graduate who arrived under distribution is prohibited;
2) when hired, no probationary period is set;
3) rest is provided after the end of training for 31 calendar days (for pedagogical workers - 45);
4) financial assistance in the amount of the scholarship is paid;
5) compensation in connection with relocation to work in another locality is provided in accordance with labor legislation;
6) the employer's opportunities for dismissal, transfer to work not related to the acquired specialty are limited;
7) the place of work can be changed by agreement between employers or for other valid reasons;
8) the possibility of dismissal before the expiry of the established period of work (without reimbursement of funds, with redistribution) in case of violation by the employer of labor legislation, collective agreement, employment contract is provided;
9) redistribution to another employer is carried out in case of staff reduction, liquidation of the organization;
10) Councils of deputies, employers may establish financial assistance, allocate funds to compensate for the costs of renting residential premises.
Additional payments for young specialists (workers):
1) for employees of budgetary organizations sent to work – a 10% increase in salaries;
2) for graduates sent to work in budgetary organizations, included in the databases of gifted and talented youth – a 50% increase in salaries;
3) for pedagogical workers sent to work, an additional payment in the amount of one tariff rate of the first category;
4) for doctors sent to work, an additional payment in the amount of one tariff rate of the first category.
Other preferences for young specialists (workers):
1) young specialists (workers) – employees of budgetary organizations, consumer cooperatives, agricultural organizations from among those sent to work by distribution not at the place of residence of parents or to areas affected by the Chernobyl disaster are provided with preferential loans for the purchase of household property and essential goods;
2) young specialists (workers) who arrived by distribution, sent to work under a targeted training agreement, are recognized as needing to improve their housing conditions;
3) benefits are provided when registering for the queue of those in need of improving housing conditions in Minsk and the Minsk region (carried out without registration at the place of residence in Minsk and the Minsk region within 10 and 5 years, respectively;
4) they have priority right to the provision of rental housing from the communal housing stock in the absence of ownership of other residential premises by them, as well as by their family members, in the locality of their place of work (service).