Yuras hurries to rector's office for award but gets sent down
A fourth-year student of the faculty of economics Yuras Aleinik was sent down from Management Academy of the President of the Republic of Belarus on May 16. The reason for it was “violation of the discipline of studies and of the routine”.
The guy who finished school with straight A’s and got 27 points at the entrance exams out of the maximum 30 and passed all the exams according to the curriculum did not expect it. Yuras Aleinik added that he had not been warned about anything like that.
Yuras Aleinіk: “I came to the Academy in the morning. We had a volleyball match. It was the Academy’s Championship – the quarter-final. I was playing for my faculty’s team. Then a groupmate of mine phoned me and said I should run to the rector’s office. I rushed there in my sports uniform. I was in a good mood. I thought I would be given some reward for excellent studies or sports activities”.
But the student was sent down instead of getting an award. His friends started collecting signatures in support of him when they got to know about it. They got about 250 signatures by the evening.
The rector’s assistant Syarhei Sabalauski admitted that Yuras was very good at studies. But no talent can save you from the discipline of studies. According to Syarhei Sabalauski, Yuras missed 36 hours of classes and was sent down in a fit of temper (Yuras says there were only 22 missed hours).
Syarhei Sabaleuskі: “A new rector was assigned a month before the exclusion of Yuras. He was order to solve the problem of attendance. Maybe Yuras was just unlucky and started missing classes during that month”.
Speaking about the signatures, the rector’s assistant claims that students did not know why Aleinik had been sent down. They just thought that a good guy was offended. But we “explained” them everything and some of them took their signatures back.
Syarhei Sabaleuskі: “We organized a meeting of monitors and said: “Your groupmates sign such appeals but do they know why he was sent down?” We showed them the real documents, they told their groupmates about it and people started coming to take their signatures back”.
According to Maria Ulasava, who is studying in a similar field as Yuras did, some students took their signatures back. But she mentioned other reasons for it.
Maria Ulasava: “Our monitor was told that she would not pass her exams if she didn’t take her signature back. So some people did it, some didn’t. The result hasn’t changed much though. Only 30 people took their signatures back. Some students who collected signatures were said they would have to continue studying in some other higher educational institutions”.
The student sent a complaint against his academy to Kastrychnitski District Court of Minsk on June 4. Yuras says his constitutional rights were violated and adds that he is being discriminated for political reasons. But the rector’s assistant Syarhei Sabalauski refutes these accusations. According to him, the Academy supports people leading an active civil and political life.
Syarhei Sabaleuski: “The Academy is trying to bring up people who would not be indifferent to our country, who would like to do something to improve life here. His opinion on how to do it is his personal matter”.
A student of the Academy Maria Ulasava says that she will come to the trial together with other students to support Yuras.
The guy who finished school with straight A’s and got 27 points at the entrance exams out of the maximum 30 and passed all the exams according to the curriculum did not expect it. Yuras Aleinik added that he had not been warned about anything like that.
Yuras Aleinіk: “I came to the Academy in the morning. We had a volleyball match. It was the Academy’s Championship – the quarter-final. I was playing for my faculty’s team. Then a groupmate of mine phoned me and said I should run to the rector’s office. I rushed there in my sports uniform. I was in a good mood. I thought I would be given some reward for excellent studies or sports activities”.
But the student was sent down instead of getting an award. His friends started collecting signatures in support of him when they got to know about it. They got about 250 signatures by the evening.
The rector’s assistant Syarhei Sabalauski admitted that Yuras was very good at studies. But no talent can save you from the discipline of studies. According to Syarhei Sabalauski, Yuras missed 36 hours of classes and was sent down in a fit of temper (Yuras says there were only 22 missed hours).
Syarhei Sabaleuskі: “A new rector was assigned a month before the exclusion of Yuras. He was order to solve the problem of attendance. Maybe Yuras was just unlucky and started missing classes during that month”.
Speaking about the signatures, the rector’s assistant claims that students did not know why Aleinik had been sent down. They just thought that a good guy was offended. But we “explained” them everything and some of them took their signatures back.
Syarhei Sabaleuskі: “We organized a meeting of monitors and said: “Your groupmates sign such appeals but do they know why he was sent down?” We showed them the real documents, they told their groupmates about it and people started coming to take their signatures back”.
According to Maria Ulasava, who is studying in a similar field as Yuras did, some students took their signatures back. But she mentioned other reasons for it.
Maria Ulasava: “Our monitor was told that she would not pass her exams if she didn’t take her signature back. So some people did it, some didn’t. The result hasn’t changed much though. Only 30 people took their signatures back. Some students who collected signatures were said they would have to continue studying in some other higher educational institutions”.
The student sent a complaint against his academy to Kastrychnitski District Court of Minsk on June 4. Yuras says his constitutional rights were violated and adds that he is being discriminated for political reasons. But the rector’s assistant Syarhei Sabalauski refutes these accusations. According to him, the Academy supports people leading an active civil and political life.
Syarhei Sabaleuski: “The Academy is trying to bring up people who would not be indifferent to our country, who would like to do something to improve life here. His opinion on how to do it is his personal matter”.
A student of the Academy Maria Ulasava says that she will come to the trial together with other students to support Yuras.
