The quality of personnel training is key to the county's sustainable economic development, Belarus Education Minister Igor Karpenko told the media while commenting on the Big Conversation with the President on 1 March, BelTA has learned.
“The state is a huge ship and all industries are interconnected. How big the budget is, how well the economy works are key to the growth of salaries, for example, in budget-finance sectors, which is important for the education system. Highly-qualified specialists are important for the robust development of industries as they can drive sustainable economic growth. Everything is interconnected,” the minister said.
The need to search for the national idea of Belarus which would unite people was mentioned today. “I think that the education system, its sustainable development concept has a certain element that can serve as the basis of the national idea,” Igor Karpenko said.