KHACHATUR ABOVYAN ARMENIAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Within the scope of the “Summer School” international project the APSU students traveled to the Belarus Republic.

The “Summer School” has been held for already five years, and it is one of the important accomplishments achieved as a result of cooperation between the Belarus State Pedagogical University after Maxim Tank and the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan. Having discovered Belarus, the ASPU students mentioned of the great opportunity to get familiarized with the country’s history in a short period of time, to do sightseeing, communicate with other foreign students and to unveil another interesting and diverse world.

“Ratusha”, “Khatin” and “Ozertso”, the National Library, the Convent of Saint Elisabeth, exhibition halls and museums; within ten days the ASPU students learned about the history of Belarus, did sightseeing, participated in the festive parade and the concert on the country’s independence day, studied the Belarusian language, and participated in intellectual games.

The student of the Faculty of Culture Melckon Melckonyan mentioned the following in his interview to the old.aspu.am, “Minsk is a beautiful city, people are friendly, and we even got new friends during this visit.”

The student of the same Faculty Sona Khachatryan was impressed by the visit.

“To me Belarus became the country of cleanness, legitimacy and peace. My expectations have been fully justified, and my dreams have come true since I visited the National Library”, mentioned the student and assured that the programme was rich and meaningful.

What is more, on the last day of the programme the ASPU students visited the “Polytechnic” camp, where the students of the Belarus Pedagogical University were practicing their skills.

“From the perspective of knowledge and exchange of experience we also had a word to say to our Belarusian fellow-students as we had participated in camping as a camp leader many times before. In addition to the professional discussions we also had a chance to tell them about our country, the educational system there, as well as to present our history and to mention the sights of interest,” mentioned the future Special Pedagogues Anna Melckonyan.

During the ten-day visit the students were also welcomed by the Representative of the Armenian Youth Community in Belarus Mr. Karen Muradyan.
Summing up the ten days of the programme, the participants added that they had returned home full of bright impressions, great memories and belief that such projects are just a necessity for students.