Why am I 25? Now, with all my desire, I will not enter the Lyceum of BSU.

But I can, using my official position, enter the building, sit in the classroom and find out how everything works here.

When the lyceum was opened, they wanted to create an unusual school, which had no analogues yet. The teachers were university professors and scientists who had never taught at school before. They didn't know how to "properly" treat students, so they treated them like students and colleagues.

“Lyceum students are just more like students, only the best,” shares director Vadim Matulis, who, by the way, graduated from the BSU Lyceum himself.

Classes here are held in pairs, like at a university. “This allows you to better focus and immerse yourself in the subject,” says Vadim Edvardovich. “In addition, the student needs to do homework in three subjects instead of six.”

There is no school uniform here. “We want to create conditions in the lyceum for the manifestation of creative individuality, in this sense, the form as an element of equalization may not be entirely appropriate,” the director is sure. - Someone thinks that it helps discipline. But discipline can be maintained only if the students understand why this or that rule is introduced, and see the logical meaning in it.

Reconnaissance in force

I go to a chemistry lesson and am amazed at how freely tenth graders feel. They joke, and at the same time it is clear how they are included in the process. While the teacher is talking about phenol, the children are not shy about asking philosophical questions: “If gouache contains phenol, then why is it said that phenol smells like gouache, and not gouache smells like phenol?”

When it comes time to call someone to the board, the most interactive one, the teacher turns on the “random answer generator”. Curiously, the program was written by a student from another class.

Next we have physics in the 11th grade on the schedule. Deputy director and teacher Igor Varaksa speaks Belarusian in everyday life. I wonder what language the classes are in? It turns out that children can ask to conduct lessons in the Belarusian language. “Mine of such classes have a palov. In time, we will take care of the hellish s ix,” the teacher delighted me.

The children have already successfully completed the program of the eleventh grade, so I get to prepare for the CT. Guys and girls, armed with consoles, register in the system. Now it will be possible to see who has already answered, and who is still thinking, to see the statistics of correct answers, etc. The most nimble ones get a “plus sign”.

Sonnya dzyatsey is less, chym is extraordinary, - some of them at the gatherings for padrykhtovtsy and the republican olympiads. Ale fast piles take 100 balls.

I willingly believe. In 2013, the RIKZ determined that, based on the results of centralized testing in all subjects, the Lyceum of BSU became the best educational institution. No wonder it is stormed every year by 1.5 thousand applicants, 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 of physical culture and health. No ridiculous exercises for you. Basketball, football, table tennis ... - team sports are in the first place here. And not just "here is the ball - go play." Serves, passes, etc. are seriously worked out 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 with the team of teachers. And this is no joke! “As a rule, we win easily in the 10th grade, but harder in the 11th grade,” midfielder Vadim Matulis smiles.

Do you want to go to Cambridge?

“There is an opinion that if you enter a lyceum, you will have a bad certificate, because the requirements here are very high,” Vadim Edvardovich remarks with a smile. - The requirements, of course, are 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, the performance is higher - 9.0.

The strongest students enter the Lyceum of BSU. Now it is clear why he has the right to prepare his team to participate immediately in the final stage of the Republican Olympiad, even bypassing regional and city competitions.

In order 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 participated in mathematics. So, 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 submits to Cambridge.

Doing the right thing

For those who want to study at the BSU Lyceum, on March 26, an open day will be held, where you can find out everything about the admission campaign. For example, about the fact that applicants who go to the philological direction will be given the opportunity to choose the exams that they need to take. Russian language and literature, Belarusian language and literature, English - we take any two and successfully act! Something similar will happen in the field of social science.

In addition, in addition to the usual four areas that exist in our country - physics and mathematics -
lyceum of BSU opened a chemistry and mathematics department as well. To enter any of them and become part of the lyceum brotherhood, you need to successfully pass the exams in May or be the winner of the Republican Olympiad with a diploma of I, II or III 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 LYS, photo by Dmitry ELISEEV, ZN

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Many dream, and every year one and a half percent of graduates of the 9th grade storm the selection committee of the best secondary educational institution in the country. Luck smiles only at 264 applicants - this is how many children will study in 12 grades 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 desire of applicants is completely natural. After all, the BSU Lyceum has been leading in all possible ratings for many years - according to the results of the Central College, for 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 a pleasure and incredible interest. The lyceum is a platform where talents are revealed.

Secondly, the teachers are strong, caring, with burning eyes, many of them studied at the lyceum in their 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 that may be needed in their studies: books that can be downloaded to a tablet or mobile phone, materials for lessons, tests, assignments similar to those that are handed over to the CT. Lyceum teachers themselves compose electronic manuals in a format adapted for viewing on mobile devices and use them in the classroom along with traditional textbooks. Video lectures on physics have already been posted here - in two years, teachers of the Department of Physics 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 a video at home, and in a class 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, according to the lyceum. Therefore, mobile phones in the classroom are not only not prohibited, but are used to the maximum. So far, however, only in optional classes. In ordinary lessons, they are replaced by so-called clickers, similar to conventional remotes.

The teacher starts the lesson on the computer, distributes tasks, and the guys begin to complete them, and answer with the help of clickers, - says Igor Varaksa. - For example, there are 30 tasks in the test. Someone is able to solve everything on their own in an hour and a half, someone works more slowly. The teacher immediately sees who decides how, on which task who stalled or made a mistake. At such a lesson, strong students are not bored, they are busy all the time. And the teacher works more with those who need his help. This is the perfect lesson. Instead of clickers, smartphones with a special application are installed on the elective.

STAY IN TOUCH!

The task of the applicant is to choose from eight profiles

This year, even more profiles will appear in the lyceum. The applicant can choose from 9 options for entrance examinations. In general, each profile must pass two written exams.

By the way, this year the lyceum for the first time is gaining a class in the profile "applied mathematics".

We predict that the competition here will be rather big, because the IT industry is very popular, and the class with specialized subjects in mathematics and computer science will be the only one in the whole of Belarus, - Igor Nikolayevich admits. - It is these students who will be the first to feel all the new educational technologies, because they will have to pass not computer science, but physics at the digital university. This means that they should also have strong training in this subject.

5 STEPS TO ADMISSION TO THE BSU LYCEUM

1 STEP

Select profile, because it depends on which entrance exams to pass.

By the way, mathematics for the mathematical profile is different from what the guys take for admission to the physical profile. It's the same with physics - it will be different in the exams for these profiles.

On the philological and social science profiles, applicants have the opportunity to choose the second exam.

2 STEP

An application, a certificate from the school with a photo and a passport are all that is needed to open an applicant's personal account. It is here that there will be all the information about what, when and where he will take, here his results will appear immediately after the first exam, statistics on the minimum, maximum and current passing score.

This is the lyceum of the Belarusian State University. It is located not far from the railway station. Ulyanovsk, 8, behind the stadium "Dynamo". The lyceum prepares children for admission to higher educational institutions. They prepare for the Olympiad, and we have the opportunity for the winners of the Olympiads 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 (but entrance exams are taken in any two chosen subjects);
- social science - the history of Belarus, world history or social science (optional).
Schoolchildren enter there after 9 classes (in Belarus, schooling for 11 years)
Entrance examinations are held in the month of May, and applications are submitted from the end of March.
Winners of the Republican Olympiad (diplomas of I, II, III degree) in one of the listed subjects, admission without test exams is allowed.

The best go there. Entrance examinations are open in the form of testing. After receiving the result, you can come and see your work.

Nonresident students are provided with a hostel for the duration of their studies.
Before entering, it is better to take preparatory courses at the lyceum, but they are paid, the price is tolerable 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 to prepare for admission to their lyceum.
You can also take part in the Internet 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 year my child has grown a lot in his knowledge, as a result, in his subjects, he received 10 points in his certificate for grade 9 at school.
This does not guarantee admission to the lyceum, because there are a lot of people who go there and the competition is big, in our year there were 7 people in our subjects for a place, but if the child studied, tried, then he will definitely do it. But if you don’t get in, then you shouldn’t be upset, there is an opportunity to enter other lyceums in Minsk or another city. After these courses, the child will definitely go to another lyceum. The lyceum of BSU provided this opportunity. They have entrance exams in May, and in other lyceums in June, after receiving a certificate for the 9th grade.

Education at the Lyceum is exciting. Children feel confident. Teachers communicate with them very respectfully, intelligence is felt. Learning is pure pleasure. There are various circles. There are additional classes in the necessary subjects, and of course, twice as many hours are given for specialized subjects than 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 want. We did not need additional training with a tutor and the son entered the budget education in the chosen profession.

Many thanks to the director of the lyceum Matulis Vadimir Edvardovich, he was the director during the training of my son and all the teaching staff are real teachers, as they say from God.