{"id":182449,"date":"2026-04-06T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182449\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:01:20","slug":"belarus-to-cut-all-tuition-based-medical-school-spots-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/182449\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus to slash all tuition-based medical school spots in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/doktor_usman_yousaf_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Usman Yousaf \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 6,<em> Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus will eliminate all tuition-based places at medical schools for the 2026\/2027 academic year, Volha Kalupanava of the health ministry has announced. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuition-based education will be limited to part-time pharmacy programs, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities plan to increase the number of available spots in state-funded medical programs by 760 in the new academic year to admit 3,615 full-time students and 55 part-time students, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up to 70 percent of students are expected to be enrolled in a targeted enrollment scheme, which is based on the healthcare sector\u2019s current needs. Under this program, all doctors are required to work in their assigned positions for at least five years on graduation, compared with a two-year work obligation for students in other regular state-funded programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move may be designed to tackle a shortage of physicians as many healthcare workers fled the country, fearing politically-motivated persecution after the 2020 political crisis in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of early April, the official job bank listed 2,616 openings for physicians and 2,288 for nurses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Access to medical care in Belarus is steadily deteriorating due to ongoing politically-motivated reprisals, said an independent report compiled last year on the country\u2019s compliance with its human rights obligations under the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_press-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lukashenko_press.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka says Belarus has \u201cenough people\u201d to staff health system<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 3, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has called for an end to complaints over Belarus\u2019s healthcare staff shortage at the opening of a new Minsk outpatient clinic. \u201cI want everything in Belarus to be perfect and of high quality,\u201d the politician\u2019s &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/182182\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 6, Pozirk. Belarus will eliminate all tuition-based places at medical schools for the 2026\/2027 academic year, Volha Kalupanava of the health ministry has announced. &nbsp; Tuition-based education will be limited to part-time pharmacy programs, she added. 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