High School in Belarus

 (For the Educational Wiki TV Project)

Victoria Zakharevich, Ekaterina Pochopko, Maria Kotovich (the 10-th grade)

-We study at a secondary comprehensive school № 1 in Miory. In Belarus we also have lyceums. We can enroll in lyceums after 9th grade. Also we have to pass exams.

-Students start High School at the age of 15 and finish High School at the age of 17 in Belarus.

-In our High School there are no specific names for each year.

-Our classes correspond to the school programme. We also have optional classes in various subjects that have different names. For example “The Culture of Communication”, “The Secrets of Syntax and Punctuation”, “Revision Mathematical Course”, etc.

-We have 11 grades. High school is  10^th, 11^th grades. We have ten-point estimation system. 10 is the best mark.

-We have breaks between every lesson. The smallest is 5 minutes (after the first lesson), the others are 10,15,20 minutes.

-We have 4 holidays not counting various special days. Autumn, winter, spring and summer holidays. Summer holidays are the longest (3 months)

-It’s a good idea that we can choose electives ourselves.

We have a good approach to every student . Everyone develops his abilities and talents.

-Each lesson in our school is interesting and informative. Besides the usual forms of the lesson teachers often use modern teaching methods. They are debates, conferences, seminars, lessons with interactive games, computer technologies. They promote the development of logic, attention and ability to express our point of view.

-Each subject is interesting in their own way. But our favorite subjects are History, English, Math, the Belarusian and Russian languages.

-Our typical home task usually consists of one or two written assignments and a few oral assignments. Also the teacher can ask us to perform a creative task with the use of additional literature to get high scores. On average we spend about 2 hours a day on homework.

-A teacher evaluates the student’s work fairly and independently. The minimum score for the work is a one, maximum is a ten. The estimation depends on the quality of the work, originality of the material, reliability of the information, on the accurate and correct submission of the material.