Education expenditures in the Vitebsk region are planned to increase by more than 40% in 2011

October 1, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The draft budget of the Vitebsk region for 2011 provides for an increase in education expenditures by more than 40% to Br1.145 trillion. This was announced today by the chairman of the regional executive committee Alexander Kosinets during a visit to a number of social and cultural facilities under construction in Vitebsk, BELTA correspondent reports. According to the governor, the developing economic situation in the region made it possible to forecast such growth in funding for the education sector. Measures taken in the region to activate economic activity in industry, the agro-industrial complex, construction, the creation of new enterprises, and the results of foreign economic activity have led to an increase in tax revenues, he added. In general, the draft regional budget for 2011 provides for an increase in the revenue part to Br4.165 trillion (in 2010 - about Br3 trillion). -0-