No allowances increase for nuclear science students
Government has failed to keep its first promise to would-be professionals of the Belarusian nuclear power plant.
Several hundreds of students that coud work at Belarus' first nuclear power plant currently study at four leading universities of the country. As an incentive for the people who in the future will deal with the risky and responsible profession, the government decided to offer the more comfortable studying opportunities, including an increase in allowances by 30-50 percent, a high-ranking education ministry official, Yury Misyuk, said during a press conference as far back as in July.
The Education Ministry has made numerous similar requests to the Ministry of Finances, the European Radio for Belarus has learned.
“The thing is that a program of developing nuclear energy has been approved. And the program envisages an increase of allowances. We have been in contact with the Ministry of Finance, but the issue is yet to be resolved. We have not yet agreed on the exact size of the increase", Vera Sluyanava, head of labor and wages and social economic development department at the Education Ministry, told our radio.
Meanwhile, Chemistry Faculty at the Belarus State University managed to add more allowances to 34 nuclear science students. This has been confirmed by Vasil Miatselitsa, deputy dean of the Chemistry Faculty at the Belarus State University:
“They have received an increase for three months. I can't say if this is going to be increased. As they say everything is in the hands of the government”.
Students from the Belarusian National Technical University were less lucky:
“The stipend has remained the same as for all our students. We are told allowances could be increased beginning from New Year”.
Currently, the minimum size of studying allowances at Belarus universities amounts to Br97600 which does not exceed the maximum of Br156300. The last time the stipend was increased was on December 1, 2008.
The European Radio for Belarus has tried to find out when studying allowances could be increased. But the answer of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security was laconic: "No government institution will reveal this information to you".
Photo: bsuir.by
Several hundreds of students that coud work at Belarus' first nuclear power plant currently study at four leading universities of the country. As an incentive for the people who in the future will deal with the risky and responsible profession, the government decided to offer the more comfortable studying opportunities, including an increase in allowances by 30-50 percent, a high-ranking education ministry official, Yury Misyuk, said during a press conference as far back as in July.
The Education Ministry has made numerous similar requests to the Ministry of Finances, the European Radio for Belarus has learned.
“The thing is that a program of developing nuclear energy has been approved. And the program envisages an increase of allowances. We have been in contact with the Ministry of Finance, but the issue is yet to be resolved. We have not yet agreed on the exact size of the increase", Vera Sluyanava, head of labor and wages and social economic development department at the Education Ministry, told our radio.
Meanwhile, Chemistry Faculty at the Belarus State University managed to add more allowances to 34 nuclear science students. This has been confirmed by Vasil Miatselitsa, deputy dean of the Chemistry Faculty at the Belarus State University:
“They have received an increase for three months. I can't say if this is going to be increased. As they say everything is in the hands of the government”.
Students from the Belarusian National Technical University were less lucky:
“The stipend has remained the same as for all our students. We are told allowances could be increased beginning from New Year”.
Currently, the minimum size of studying allowances at Belarus universities amounts to Br97600 which does not exceed the maximum of Br156300. The last time the stipend was increased was on December 1, 2008.
The European Radio for Belarus has tried to find out when studying allowances could be increased. But the answer of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security was laconic: "No government institution will reveal this information to you".
Photo: bsuir.by
