Universities of Belarus will increase enrollment of students in technical specialties in 2011

March 23, Minsk / Yulia Vanina - BELTA /. In universities of the Ministry of Education of Belarus, there are no plans to reduce student enrollment in 2011. At the same time, enrollment in individual specialties will be adjusted: admission quotas will be redistributed towards increasing enrollment in specialties of technical, technical and technological profiles, energy, construction, as well as in specialties related to IT technologies. This was announced today at a press conference "Development of Higher Education in the Republic of Belarus" by the Minister of Education Sergey Maskevich, BELTA correspondent reports. According to the minister, there will be no reduction in enrollment for full-time study in universities of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Everything will remain at last year's level. However, enrollment in universities of the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Health for state-funded study will be reduced. "In the future," Sergey Maskevich emphasized, "admission quotas will need to be adjusted taking into account the demographic situation." In 2011, it is planned to enroll 32.9 thousand people in higher education institutions of Belarus for state-funded study. Of these, 25 thousand people will become full-time students, and 7.9 thousand will be part-time students. In 2010, 33.2 thousand people were enrolled in state-funded programs, which is 300 students more than planned for this year. -0-