The School of Pre-university Training
The School of Pre-university Training was founded in March, 1992. The main goals of the school are: providing career-guidance, advanced subject-oriented and economic instruction, additional learning, re-education and parallel learning, revision, in-depth study and self-education, individualized teaching, combining on an integrated scientific methodological basis traditional and innovative teaching techniques for training applicants for the university level. Dean-Sergei Aleksandrovich Kuchuk.
Attaining these goals is possible due to overcoming the gap between high school graduates’ standard of achievement and the requirements set by higher educational establishments, by broadening and deepening the knowledge of the most capable students who have an aptitude for economics. Besides, the School of Pre-university Training has the goal of forming BSEU student body as well as improving its quality.
All the students attending classes are trained to pass entrance examinations. In contrast to high school, teaching and the role of learners are quite different. The bulk of the learning material is studied by students on their own under the teacher’s supervision. Modern student-oriented teaching techniques are widely used. Due to them a student acquires knowledge and at the same time cooperates with the other students. The emphasis is very much on developing a student’s interested and hands-on approach to learning the material. Everyone has the right to choose the form of activity and the way of presenting the results. Some material is revised by students as an assignment given by the teacher but without their control.
The School of Pre-university Training has created a pleasant learning environment conducive to the incorporation of each student into the cognitive activity according to their level of knowledge. The number of students in groups varies from 5 to 12. They are grouped according to their initiative in the course of the learning process and their standard of achievement.
Teaching is aimed not only at those students who are able to learn the material with a view to getting at least a satisfactory grade at the entrance examinations but also at those who have a significant lack of knowledge of the subjects on the school curriculum.
Both teaching techniques and assessment differ radically from those of high school. School system of learning oriented to getting a good grade is replaced with creative self-education. Abandoning coercive teaching and encouraging students to study in their own way and not to be afraid of making mistakes instead characterize the learning process. Students’ performance is not assessed, competition and rivalry are ruled out. On the contrary, the willingness to share knowledge with the others is welcomed. Testing students is postponed until a later stage.
Teaching is based on a partnership between a teacher and a student, which creates a positive emotional climate and allows all the participants of the learning process to feel more confident and to be efficient.
International relations dep.
Tel.: (+375 17) 209-88-32,
Fax: (+375 17) 368-01-60
International students office:
Tel.: (+375 17) 209-79-71