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For the first time in a century, scientists have officially described a new species of wild cat. The miniature predator, named the tilcayo, had been hiding from science in Bolivia’s misty cloud forests.

In Belarus, the needs of the regions for schools are analyzed annually, Belarusian Education Minister Andrei Ivanets said on the air of the ONT television channel, BelTA has learned.

Education Minister Andrei Ivanets spoke on Belarus 1 TV channel about the measures being taken to retain young teachers in the regions.

Around 2,600 schools in Belarus will open their doors to more than one million students, Deputy Education Minister Vladimir Dolzhenkov told the media on 18 August, BelTA has learned.

A joint archaeological expedition of the Polotsk State University named after Euphrosyne of Polotsk and the State Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg has completed field work on the grounds of the lost Boris and Gleb Belchitsky Monastery in Polotsk, BelTA learned from the university.

The BRICS countries identified five key areas for joint work at the 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting, which took place in Bhubaneswar, India. Following the meeting, a declaration was adopted reflecting the common priorities of the participating countries, according to the website of the Press and Information Bureau of India.

School meals are a form of state social support, Lyutsiya Mikhalkchuk, head of the catering department at the Academy of Education, said at the BelTA press center.

Youth employment, patriotic education, and the popularity of theaters were among the key topics discussed by Borisov residents with political analyst Vadim Gigin at the Maxim Gorky Palace of Culture on 4 August, BelTA has learned.

One of the primary goals of the newly established Academy of Intellectual Technologies is to ensure the rapid adoption of new technologies, test them within the educational environment, and subsequently transfer them to traditional, comprehensive universities, Belarusian Minister of Communications and Informatization Kirill Zalessky said following a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 4 August, BelTA has learned.

The government has amended the regulations on the procedure for awarding the State Quality Mark, Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin signed the corresponding resolution of the Council of Ministers on Amending Resolution No. 224 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 29 March 2024, BelTA learned from the government press service.