Rector of Kupala University Irina Kiturko takes part in the Forum of the Association of Russian and Belarusian Universities

The third Forum of the Association of Russian and Belarusian Universities was held on June 28 online.

The event was attended by heads and representatives of Russian and Belarusian universities, who discussed key issues of educational and scientific cooperation between Russian and Belarusian universities, challenges of the present time, vectors of further development of scientific and educational ties between the two countries.

The Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov and the Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus Igor Karpenko addressed the Forum participants with a welcoming speech.

During the plenary session, reports were made by the moderators of the forum - Academician, President of the Russian Union of Rectors Viktor Sadovnichy and Professor, Chairman of the Republican Council of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of Belarus Vadim Bogush.

The work of the Forum participants continued in the framework of three breakout sessions: "Universities and Society", "University Science and High Technologies: from Idea to Commercialization" and "Experience of Distance Learning and Digitalization of Universities."

In the first section, the rector of the Yanka Kupala State University Irina Kiturko made a presentation on "The upbringing of a patriot and a citizen is the most important task of a higher education institution". In her speech, she noted that one of the main tasks of the state youth policy is to educate a patriotic citizen capable of creating and creating in the name of his Fatherland.

In her report, Irina Fedorovna spoke about Kupala University and its potential for young people in various fields of activity, and also emphasized that the upbringing of a patriot and a citizen is not a separate isolated process. This is an ongoing process that permeates all components of student life: study, scientific work, extracurricular activities. In addition, the rector said that within the framework of the organization and development of civil-patriotic education of youth, the university creates conditions for the self-realization of each student in the field of research and innovation. At the end of her speech, Irina Fedorovna noted that in the information space, the corporate community, the external environment, Kupala University is traditionally positioned as a university of opportunities for everyone, where, following the University's Mission, the necessary conditions are created for realizing the potential of youth as a professional, citizen, patriot.

The results of the Forum of Rectors will be presented in the future at the Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus.

Recall that the first Forum of rectors of universities of Russia and Belarus was held on July 16, 2019 on the basis of the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design as part of the VI Forum of the Regions of Russia and Belarus.