Vitebsk State University will create educational, scientific and production complexes on the basis of each faculty

January 21, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The Vitebsk State University named after P. Masherov plans to create educational, scientific and production complexes at each faculty by the 100th anniversary of the university, which will be celebrated in November 2010. The rector of the university, Alexander Solodkov, informed a BELTA correspondent about this. The creation of such complexes is aimed at improving the quality of the educational process and scientific activities and is designed to facilitate the maximum adaptation of university graduates to practical work conditions immediately after graduation. For example, a travel agency and an archaeological museum will be established at the Faculty of History. The Faculty of Law plans to organize a forensic laboratory, and philologists will have a modern language laboratory. An educational and production workshop for the production of ceramic products will be launched at the Faculty of Art and Graphics, which will allow for the development of this area of decorative and applied arts. The Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of VSU Staff, together with the Faculty of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, intends to implement a joint project to create a center for emergency and psychological assistance. Currently, 6 such complexes and 3 educational and consulting centers are already operating at the university. In addition, almost all scientific, educational, and socially significant events of the university will be dedicated to the 100th anniversary. Over the year, it is planned to hold 12 international and republican scientific and practical conferences, and to expand cooperation with foreign educational and scientific institutions. Numerous student events will be organized, including trips to places of military and labor glory of Pyotr Masherov, honoring veterans and distinguished university employees, and contests for creative and scientific works. It is planned to publish a book and shoot a documentary film about the history and present day of VSU. In total, the plan for preparing for the celebration of the university's 100th anniversary includes almost 100 events that will be held every week throughout the year. The Vitebsk Teachers' Institute was opened on November 21, 1910, to train teachers for higher primary schools and became the first educational institution of its kind in the territory of modern Belarus. The institute included a 2-grade city school for practical training of students with a 3-year course of study. The staff of the university included a director, 15 teachers, a religious instructor, a doctor, and a clerk. The institute taught pedagogy, Russian and Church Slavonic languages, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, history, geography, natural history and physics, drawing and painting, penmanship, singing and gymnastics, and manual labor. The Vitebsk Teachers' Institute existed until 1917, after the revolution it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the People's Commissariat of Education and transformed into a pedagogical institute. In December 1934, the Pedagogical Institute was named after Sergey Kirov. From September 1, 1995, the Vitebsk State Pedagogical Institute named after S. Kirov was transformed into the Vitebsk State University, which since February 1998 has borne the name of Pyotr Masherov, a graduate of the Vitebsk university.-0-