Try on the role of a student and go to the laboratory: more than 350 high school students spent holidays in BSPU

More than 350 high school students from all corners of Belarus during the autumn school holidays became guests of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after M. Tank as part of the career guidance project “University Holidays”. This sb.by reported in the press service of the university.

- From November 2 to November 6, within the framework of the large-scale project “University Holidays”, a number of career guidance events were implemented for students of grades 10–11 of general secondary education institutions – more than 150 schoolchildren from different regions of the country took part in them. The coordinator was the department of support of pedagogical profiling of the Center for the Development of Pedagogical Education of BSPU.

The most popular among students of 11 specialized classes of pedagogical orientation was the project “Student for one day in BSPU”, where each pedagogical student was able to choose a lesson taking into account their interests, attend trainings, master classes, visit interactive platforms, lectures, practical and laboratory classes as a student-intern. This year, 171 eleventh-graders from all regions of Belarus registered to participate in the project. Every third is a representative of the Minsk region, the second third were students of the city of Minsk. 77 percent are students of schools, 21 percent are gymnasiums, 2 percent are lyceums. The greatest coverage of pupils activities was provided by the Institute of Inclusive Education, the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Primary Education.

In addition, the traditional open days of BSPU were held during the autumn holidays. These days, faculties and institutes were visited by more than 180 students of general secondary education institutions. Meetings with heads of faculties and institutes, teachers and students were organized for high school students. During the communication, future applicants were able to get acquainted with the algorithm of admission to the university, the conditions of settlement and residence in dormitories and other useful information.