On 7 August Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 299, awarding state honors to 94 distinguished individuals across various fields of achievement. The People’s Teacher of Belarus title was awarded to a mathematics teacher at Gymnasium No. 1 of Lida Alfred Ladyko. This state honor is for highest achievements in education, for many years of fruitful work and significant input in upbringing of growing generation.

Alfred Ladyko is the second teacher in the history of sovereign Belarus to be so highly honored. First was physics teacher at Mogilev state oblast Lyceum No. 1 Valeri Barashkov back in 2016.

Alfred Antonovich dedicated many of his years to teaching and raised hundreds of pupils. His graduates were winners of national and international Olympiads, they are famous scientists, teachers, engineers and leaders in their respective fields. He is known as strict but sensitive teacher capable to unveil hidden talent of everyone and inspire to hunt for knowledge, to work and achieve high goals.

People’s Teacher of Belarus is not a one-person win, it is acknowledgement of importance of being a teacher and supporting an occupation that represents the nation’s present and future.

The Presidential Decree also recognized other outstanding people in the field of education and science:

Medal "For Labor Merit"

Inna Volchek - Principal at the Zhdanovich Specialized Boarding School

Svetlana Lebedeva - Rector at the Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives

Alexey Nikitevich - Professor of the Department of Russian Philology at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

Dmitry Podzhigerov - Geography Teacher at the Mogilev State Regional Lyceum No. 1

Yulia Samotygo – Principal at the Loshnitskaya Gymnasium of the Borisov District

Alina Shchupakova - First Vice-Rector at the Vitebsk State Order of Friendship of Peoples Medical University

Medal of Francysk Skoryna

Marina Kuptsova - Director at the Secondary School No. 1 in Baranovichi named after S.I. Gritsevtsa

Elena Spetsian — physics teacher at secondary school No. 14 in Molodechno

Zinaida Kuntsevich — head of the department of general and organic chemistry at the Vitebsk State Order of Friendship of Peoples Medical University

Alexander Leshkevich — mathematics and computer science teacher at the Vysokovskaya secondary school named after M.M. Rudenko, Kamenets District

Lyudmila Rychkova — Professor, Department of Translation and Intercultural Communication at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

Svetlana Khilko — Teacher of Russian Language and Literature at the Secondary School No. 2 of Drogichin

Honorary titles were also awarded to those who raise the prestige of education and science:

“Honored Scientist of the Republic of Belarus” — Sergei Maksimenko, Director, Institute of Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University

“Honored Education Worker of the Republic of Belarus” — Svetlana Kopteva, First Vice-Rector, Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University

We express our deep gratitude to the President Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko for his constant attention to the education system, for supporting the best teachers in the country, and for his efforts to raise the prestige of the teaching profession.

Congratulations to our teachers on this high state recognition! Your work is the foundation on which the future of Belarus is built. You are an example of dedication, professionalism and faith in students. It is such mentors who inspire feats of knowledge, shape personalities and raise education to a new level.

May your path be bright, filled with health, strength, inspiration and new achievements! Continue to teach, lead, believe in each student and increase the intellectual wealth of our country for the benefit of our native and beloved Belarus!