Why am I 25? Now, no matter how much I want, I will not enter the Lyceum of BSU.
But I can, using my official position, enter the building, sit in on classes and find out how everything works here.
When they opened the lyceum, they wanted to create an unusual school, the likes of which had never existed before. The teachers were university teachers and researchers who had never taught school before. They didn't know how to "properly" treat students, so they treated them as students and colleagues.
“Lyceum students are more like students, only the best,” shares director Vadim Matulis, who, by the way, himself graduated from the BSU Lyceum.
Classes here are held in pairs, just like at a university. “This allows you to better focus and immerse yourself in the subject,” says Vadim Edwardovich. “In addition, the student needs to do homework in three subjects instead of six.”
There is no trace of a school uniform here. “We want to create conditions in the lyceum for the manifestation of creative individuality, in this sense, the uniform as an element of equalization may not be entirely appropriate,” the director is sure. - Some people think that it helps discipline. But discipline can only be maintained if students understand why this or that rule is being introduced and see the logical meaning in it.”
Reconnaissance in force
I walk into a chemistry lesson and am amazed at how free the tenth graders feel. They joke, and at the same time you can see how involved they are in the process. While the teacher is talking about phenol, the children do not hesitate to ask philosophical questions: “If gouache contains phenol, then why do they say that phenol smells like gouache, and not gouache like phenol?”
When it's time to call someone to the board, which is interactive, the teacher turns on the “random responder generator.” It is curious that the program was written by a student from another class.
Next on our schedule is physics in the 11th grade. Deputy director and teacher Igor Varaksa speaks Belarusian in everyday life. I wonder what language the classes are held in? It turns out that children can ask to teach lessons in Belarusian. “I have such a class. Soon we will be busy with all of them,” the teacher made me happy.
The children have already successfully completed the eleventh grade program, so I get to prepare for the CT. Guys and girls, armed with remote controls, register in the system. Now you can see who has already answered and who is still thinking, look at the statistics of correct answers, etc. The fastest ones get a plus sign.
Sennya dzyatsey mensch, chym zvychaina, - some of them are at the gatherings of the Fatherlanders and the Republican Olympics. I'll take 100 rubles for a quick day.
I willingly believe it. In 2013, the RIKZ determined that, based on the results of centralized testing in all subjects, the BSU Lyceum became the best educational institution. It’s not for nothing that 1.5 thousand applicants storm it every year, that is, 6-7 people apply for one place. After a serious competition, more than 270 of the smartest guys from all over the country will get here. For those who are not from Minsk, there is a place in the hostel.
Finally, I was pleased with the lesson on physical education and health. No ridiculous exercises for you. Basketball, football, table tennis... - team sports come first here. And not just “here’s the ball, go play.” Serves, passes, etc. are seriously practiced here, so that you can play volleyball on the beach, and defeat everyone in ping-pong in some design bureau.
Twice a year, the winners of the lyceum football championship play against a team of teachers. And this is no joke! “As a rule, we win easily against the tenth graders, but it’s harder to win against the eleventh graders,” smiles midfielder Vadim Matulis.
Would you like to go to Cambridge?
“There is an opinion that if you enter the lyceum, you will have a bad certificate, because the requirements here are very high,” Vadim Edwardovich notes with a smile. - The requirements are, of course, high, but they correspond to the level of training of lyceum students. If we take the tenth parallel, the average for all subjects last year was 8.6. In the 11th grade, academic performance is higher - 9.0.”
The strongest people enter the BSU Lyceum. Now it’s clear why he has the right to prepare his team to participate immediately in the final stage of the Republican Olympiad, even bypassing district and city competitions.
To retain this right, it is necessary that at least half of the lyceum students participating in the Republican Olympiad receive diplomas, the director explains the principle. - Last year 22 people took part in mathematics. This means there should have been at least 11 diplomas. Our guys took 21.
In total, in 2013, students won 82 diplomas at the Republican Olympiad. All winners could enter any university without exams. Most often, lyceum students choose BSU, BSMU, as well as leading Russian universities. Almost every year one of the graduates conquers Cambridge.
Doing the right thing
For those who want to study at the BSU Lyceum, an open day will be held on March 26, where you can learn everything about the admission campaign. For example, that applicants who are going to major in philology will be given the opportunity to choose the exams they need to take. Russian language and literature, Belarusian language and literature, English - take any two and do well! Something similar will happen in social science.
In addition, in addition to the usual four directions that exist in our country - physics and mathematics -
tical, chemical-biological, social science and philological - the BSU Lyceum also opened a chemical-mathematical department. To enroll in any of them and become part of the lyceum fraternity, you need to successfully pass exams in May or be the winner of the Republican Olympiad with a diploma of 1st, 2nd or 3rd degree.
For applicants there are preparatory full-time and distance courses, as well as an Internet Olympiad. To better prepare, you can take a rehearsal exam specially designed for lyceum applicants. This can be done for free on the website lyceum.by.
Elena RYS, photo by Dmitry ELISEEV, ZN
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This is the Lyceum of the Belarusian State University. It is located not far from the railway station. Ulyanovskaya, 8, behind the Dynamo stadium. The lyceum prepares children for admission to higher education institutions. They prepare for the Olympiad, and we have the opportunity for the winners of the Olympiad to enter higher institutions without test exams (centralized testing). Areas of study: - mathematics, physics; - mathematics, chemistry; - chemistry, biology;
- philological – Russian language and literature, English;
- philological - Russian language and literature, Belarusian language and literature, English language (but entrance exams are taken in any two chosen subjects);
- social science – history of Belarus, world history or social science (optional).
Schoolchildren enter there after 9 grades (in Belarus, schooling lasts 11 years)
Entrance exams take place in May, and applications are submitted from the end of March.
Winners of the Republican Olympiad (diplomas of I, II, III degrees) in one of the listed subjects are allowed to enter without test exams.
The best go there. Entrance tests are held openly in the form of testing. After receiving the result, you can come up and look at your work.
Nonresident students are provided with a dormitory for the duration of their studies.
Before enrolling, it is better to take preparatory courses at the lyceum, but they are paid, the price is reasonable and they are worth it. All information can be found on the lyceum website. After all, they also have online courses, which helps children from other cities prepare well for entering their lyceum.
You can also take part in online Olympiads held by the Lyceum and test your knowledge. This information must be tracked on the lyceum website.
When my son entered, before entering the entire 8th grade, he went to this lyceum for preparatory courses. The program is very rich, interesting, the teachers are strong, and over the course of the year my child has grown a lot in his knowledge, as a result, in his subjects, he received 10 points in his 9th grade certificate at school.
This does not guarantee admission to the lyceum, because many people enroll there and there is a lot of competition, in our year there were 7 people per place in our subjects, but if the child studied and tried, he will definitely enroll. But if you don’t get in, then you shouldn’t be upset, there is an opportunity to enroll in other lyceums in Minsk or another city. After these courses, the child will definitely enter another lyceum. The BSU Lyceum has provided this opportunity; their entrance exams are held in May, and in other lyceums in June, after receiving a certificate for the 9th grade.
Studying at the Lyceum is exciting. The children feel confident. The teachers communicate with them very respectfully, and you can feel their intelligence. Learning is a pleasure. Various clubs work. There are additional classes in the necessary subjects and, of course, there are twice as many hours for specialized subjects as at school.
You should not worry if your child’s performance drops a little at first; this is an adaptation and the requirements there are higher than at school. But then it gives its results. All children go where they wanted. We did not need additional training with a tutor and our son entered state-funded training in his chosen profession.
Many thanks to the director of the lyceum, Matulis Vadimir Edwardovich, he was the director during my son’s education and to the entire teaching staff, these are real teachers, as they say from God.
Many people dream, and every year one and a half percent of 9th grade graduates storm the admissions committee of the best secondary educational institution in the country. Luck smiles on only 264 applicants - that is how many children will study in the 12th grade of the lyceum. For example, last year the general competition for the lyceum was 7 people per place, and for the philological direction it was 11 people per place.
Students, teachers, advanced technologies
The aspirations of applicants are completely natural. After all, the BSU Lyceum has been a leader for many years in all possible ratings - according to the results of the Central Television, according to admission to universities, according to the results of Olympiads.
There are several secrets to success. Firstly, not just the best students enter the lyceum, but those for whom studying is pleasure and incredible interest. The Lyceum is a platform where talents are revealed.
Secondly, the teachers are strong, caring, with sparkling eyes; many studied at the lyceum at one time, so they know what inquisitive students expect from them.
Thirdly, the lyceum strives to always be at the forefront of the educational process and uses the most modern technologies.
Now we are actively using mobile learning,” says Deputy Director for Academic Affairs Igor Varaksa.
All lyceum students have access to, which stores everything they may need in their studies: books that can be downloaded to a tablet or mobile phone, materials for lessons, tests, assignments similar to those taken at the CT. Lyceum teachers themselves compile electronic manuals in a format adapted for viewing on mobile devices and use them in classes along with traditional textbooks. Video lectures on physics have already been posted here - in two years, teachers of the physics department filmed the entire two-year course on the subject. Starting next year, they will be used in the format of the so-called “flipped lesson”, when a student watches a lecture on new material on video at home, and in a classroom with a teacher only analyzes what is incomprehensible, difficult or requires further work.
Mobile phone? To class!
The smartphone is becoming a full-fledged learning tool, the lyceum believes. Therefore, mobile phones in classes are not only not prohibited, but are used to the maximum. So far, however, only in elective classes. In regular lessons, they are replaced by so-called clickers, similar to regular remote controls.
The teacher starts the lesson on the computer, distributes tasks, and the children begin to complete them and answer using clickers, says Igor Varaksa. - For example, there are 30 tasks in the test. Some people are able to solve everything on their own in an hour and a half, others work more slowly. The teacher immediately sees who decides how, who got stuck on what task or made a mistake. In such a lesson, strong students are not bored, they are always busy. And the teacher works more with those who need his help. This makes for the perfect lesson. In the elective, instead of clickers, smartphones with a special application are used.
STAY IN TOUCH!
The applicant’s task is to choose from eight profiles
This year the lyceum will have even more profiles. An applicant can choose from 9 options for entrance tests. In general, you need to pass two written exams for each profile.
By the way, this year the lyceum is enrolling a class in the “applied mathematics” profile for the first time.
We predict that there will be quite a competition here, because the IT industry is very popular, and the class with specialized subjects of mathematics and computer science will be the only one in all of Belarus,” admits Igor Nikolaevich. “It is these students who will be the first to experience all the new educational technologies, because at the CT they will have to take physics, not computer science. This means that they should also have strong training in this subject.
5 STEPS TO ADMISSION TO BSU LYCEUM
1 STEP
Select profile, because it depends on which entrance exams to take.
By the way, mathematics for the mathematical profile is different from what the guys take for admission to the physics profile. It's the same with physics - it will be different in the exams for these profiles.
For philological and social science majors, applicants have the opportunity to choose a second exam.
STEP 2
An application, a certificate from the school with a photo and a passport are all that is needed to open a personal account for an applicant. This is where all the information will be about what, when and where he will take it, his results will appear here immediately after the first exam, statistics on the minimum, maximum and current passing score.