The backbone of the state. The best teachers of Minsk were honored on the eve of a professional holiday

In the concert hall "Minskconcert" was held a city holiday dedicated to Teacher's Day. It awarded 30 of the best teachers of the capital’s education system and honored 30 veterans of pedagogical work.

The best teachers were presented with certificates of honor and thanked by the Council of the Republic, the Minsk City Executive Committee and the Minsk City Council of Deputies, the Education Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee, the Belarusian Trade Union of Education and Science Workers. Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Vladimir Kukharev noted that the teacher is a person who consciously chose his life path.

- Working at school, with children and parents is a calling. They do not fall into this sphere by chance, he said. Each teacher is a unique person: he knows how to find an approach to students, present a subject, not only teach, but also educate, give a ticket to life.

Vladimir Kukharev added that the professional holiday is a solemn, symbolic moment.

- Teachers on this day became somewhere stricter, somewhere kinder, because they understood that this was their holiday, and students with special trepidation came to congratulate them. It is important that these traditions continue from year to year, and a sense of appreciation and gratitude persists in new generations. Teacher’s Day is the most important holiday for the country, because teachers are the support of the state. They are involved in the formation of the next generations, and therefore in shaping the future of the country. Without their huge daily work, the state would be very difficult. Today we can say with confidence that pedagogical teams cope perfectly with all difficulties and are always at the top, he said.

About 30,000 teachers work in the capital’s education system. All of them are caring, highly professional specialists who every day invest their soul in the education of the younger generation and form a solid foundation of knowledge, said Deputy Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Andrey Strigelsky.

The education system of the capital annually demonstrates excellent results. Our students become winners and prize-winners of national and international Olympiads, competitions of research skills. Teachers participate in competitions of professional skills, share experience, developments and best practices. All this allows us to say that the education system of Minsk is based on teachers and teachers who are not indifferent to their work, he stressed.

I congratulated the Moscow teachers and handed them breastplates of the Ministry of Education “Excellent Education” Deputy Minister of Education Alexander Kadlubay. The world is changing rapidly: digital and technological processes are developing, artificial intelligence is being introduced. However, the main thing remains unchanged - on September 1, the teacher comes to the educational institution and the educational process begins.

- At this time, not only knowledge is transmitted, but also an individual is formed, values necessary for society and the state are instilled. This is how the future is created, the deputy minister said.

He also noted that the Moscow teachers largely set the tone in the development of education throughout the country, since Minsk has a huge number of innovative and experimental sites. The developments that appear there become the norm over time.

Chairman of the Minsk City Council of Deputies Artem Tsuran called the Belarusian teacher an example for students and their parents and stressed that he forms the state view, which is then transmitted to the younger generation.

Among the awardees is a teacher of Russian language and literature of the capital's gymnasium No39 Elena Zachatko. This year, 16 of its graduates received 100 points at the CE, she plans to at least maintain this result.

- The main thing in working with children is to teach them to learn. There are not many hours in our program, so it is important to show the children where and how to get knowledge. We can’t just give them everything ready: the material needs to be independently worked out at home, she said.

Like many teachers, Elena Zachatko decided on the profession in the 10th grade. She was inspired by a Russian language teacher.

- I listened to her, looked at her and decided I wanted to be a teacher. Then I realized I was going to have to learn all the time, and I was a little scared because it would be my whole life. And so it happened -- I've been learning my whole life. And largely because of the children. When I came into the profession, I was young and inexperienced, I didn’t know anything. My children constantly encouraged me to learn new things. I’m not afraid to tell them, “I don’t know, I’ll look and find out,” the teacher shared.

Elena Zachatko has been working in the field of education for almost 30 years. She admits that once due to fatigue she even left the profession for a year, but could not stay away, because she very much missed school and students.

In the pedagogical field, Svetlana Narkevich, head of kindergarten No. 49 “Peace on the palm of her hand” has been working for 40 years. At the age of 17, she came to preschool as an assistant teacher, and the last 20 years she has worked as a head.

- For me, these days are especially significant, because it was October 1, 1986, I first crossed the threshold of kindergarten.

Svetlana Narkevich decided to stay in preschool education because she considers young children the most beautiful.

- Children come to us naive, very young. Parents trust us with the most precious thing: their children. When we release them to school and see the first achievements, it brings the greatest joy and satisfaction, said the head. She added that kindergarten gives children the opportunity to live a real childhood, to play and be happy.

Teachers’ Day in Belarus will be celebrated on October 4. These days words of gratitude to teachers and veterans of pedagogical work are heard throughout the country.