BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

07/08/2007

More Expelled Belarusian Students To Study In Poland

Ala Karol, the coordinator of the Belarusian opposition's committee for support of political victims, told Belapan on August 6 that 44 students who were expelled from Belarusian universities will be provided with training under the Polish government's Kastus Kalinouski educational-assistance program for politically persecuted Belarusians this year. The Kastus Kalinouski program was instituted in March 2006 by the Polish prime minister and the rectors of several Polish universities for Belarusian students punished earlier that year for their participation in the campaigns of opposition presidential candidates or postelection protests. More than 200 young Belarusians were reportedly enrolled in Poland last year. This year's applicants -- who mostly opted for places on courses in economy, sociology, history, Belarusian studies, and arts -- will begin their studies in September after taking a course in the Polish and English languages. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/08/3-cee/cee-070807.asp