Belarus  

Author(s)

• Margarita Kolcheva

Reviewer

Nadia Koltcheva, Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian University

Abstract

The Ministry of Education of Belarus’ main focus is on improving accessibility, especially for children with disabilities and low socioeconomic status, ensuring the quality of preschool education and improving the basic conditions. From the literature we had access to, no information regarding national practises for development of children’s social and emotional skills was found. International organisations, such UNICEF, have projects in the country, but it seems that they are mainly oriented towards children with developmental delays and special needs. Some alternative educational approaches have also found their place in private kindergartens, for example, the Montesori method of education that has been implemented in Zorachki kids kindergarten (Zorachki kids club. The first Belarusian network of Montessori kindergartens (tilda.ws). No specific information regarding assessment methods or programs that are applied and/or used in the country regarding development of children’s social and emotional skills was found.

References

• Combined Project Information Documents, Integrated Safeguards Datasheet (PID/ISDS) (2019, August 23). The World Bank. Belarus Higher Education Modernization Project.
• Palchyk, H. (2007). Inclusive Education: The way of the future Third Workshop of the IBE Community of Practice, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). UNESCO, International Bureau of Education.
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• THE CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS ABOUT EDUCATION, (January, 2013). CIF Legislaion, https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=32756
• Vargas-Barón, Е., Janson, U., Mufel, N. (2009). Early Childhood Intervention, Special Education and Inclusion: A Focus on Belarus. UNICEF. Minsk. Altiora – Live Colours. https://www.unicef.by/uploads/models/2017/02/belarus.eci.english.pdf
• Zorachki kids kindergarden, Zorachki kids club. The first Belarusian network of Montessori kindergartens (tilda.ws), http://zorachki.tilda.ws/montessori-kindergarden

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