{"id":202422,"date":"2026-09-04T12:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202422\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:56:12","slug":"education-minister-defends-tightened-school-search-rules","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202422\/","title":{"rendered":"Education minister defends tightened school search rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Parents should ensure that their children do not bring prohibited items to school, Education Minister Andrej Ivaniec has told the state-run media while commenting on recently tightened school search rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official also said law enforcers identified students trying to bring knives into schools on September 1, the first days of the new academic year in Belarus. He stressed, however, that there was no question of conducting \u201ccomprehensive searches\u201d of all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From September 1, new regulations allow police officers and school security guards to conduct random checks of students\u2019 belongings if they suspect a child is carrying prohibited items onto school grounds. Parents or other legal guardians no longer need to be present during such checks.<\/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\/2023\/10\/shkola_zvonok_sbby_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/shkola_zvonok_sbby_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/shkola_zvonok_sbby_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/shkola_zvonok_sbby_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/shkola_zvonok_sbby_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/shkola_zvonok_sbby_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 schoolchildren down 65,000 in three years<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 1, Pozirk. The number of schoolchildren in Belarus has fallen by 65,000 over the past three years, while the number of first-graders has declined by 23,000, according to official data released with the start of the new academic year. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/201995\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 4, Pozirk. Parents should ensure that their children do not bring prohibited items to school, Education Minister Andrej Ivaniec has told the state-run media while commenting on recently tightened school search rules. 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