About 4.3 thousand students and pupils from the Vitebsk region will help farmers harvest the crop

August 31, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. About 4.3 thousand students and pupils of the Vitebsk region will help farmers harvest crops, the deputy head of the education department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Sergei Kovalenko, told a BELTA correspondent. Among the helpers are 2.3 thousand pupils from 22 vocational-technical educational institutions, 1.3 thousand from 13 secondary vocational schools, 690 first-year students from four higher education institutions, as well as senior pupils from rural schools. Young people will work in farms in 18 districts harvesting potatoes, vegetables, and flax. The dispatch of students will begin on September 6. During their work, the young people will have to work hard and also have an interesting rest. BRSM activists will be involved in organizing cultural and mass events, sports competitions, and award ceremonies for the best workers. The safety of working conditions, living conditions, and nutrition of students and pupils throughout their stay in the farms will be monitored by members of the regional coordination headquarters, representatives of local authorities and educational institutions, Sergei Kovalenko added. -0-