BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

31/08/2007

Belarusian Court Orders Former Student To Pay For State University Education

A district court in Drahichyn, southern Belarus, has ordered a 23-year-old graduate of the Minsk-based State Linguistic University to pay more than 18,000,000 rubles ($8,400) to the university over her failure to take an assigned job, Belapan reported on August 30. The young woman graduated from the university in 2006 with a degree in English and French. Under a practice that dates back to the Soviet era, she was assigned to a teaching job in Drahichyn Raion, but she never arrived at her assignment, choosing instead to work in Moscow. The rector of the State Linguistics University in December 2006 issued an order that the former student should reimburse the university for funds spent on her training. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/08/3-cee/cee-310807.asp