Regions	Schools with the Belarusian language of instruction	Schools with the Russian language of instruction	Schools with the two languages of instruction
Mensk city	No changes	+13	-10
Berasce	-4	+2	-7
Gomel	-1	+14	-17
Гомельская	-5	+4	-12
Garodnja	+4	+4	-13
Mensk	-14	+12	-22
Mahilew	-5	+5	-6
Republican schools	No changes	No changes	-
Total	-25	+54	-87

* The data for 1999-2000 is given in brackets

In 2000-2001 149 8417 (1546119) students from the 1-st to the 12-th grade study at standard secondary schools.
304735 (303097) of them which make 20,3% (19,6%) of the total number study at schools with the Belarusian language of instruction.
759624 (736293) of them which make 50,7% (47,6%) of the total number study at schools with the Russian language of instruction.
433248 (506093) of them which make 28,9% (32,7%) of the total number study at schools with two languages of instruction. 130277 (160274) are taught in Belarusian, 302800 (345505) - in Russian, 171 (314) - in Polish, 78 (76) - in Lithuanian.

At all the types of schools 435012 (463371) 1-12 graders study in Belarusian (29,0% (30,0%)), 1062424 (1081798) - in Russian (70,9% (70,0%)), 903 (874) - in Polish (0,1% (0,1%)), 78 (76) in Lithuanian.

	The dynamics of the quantity of schoolchildren who study in Belarusian
Regions	1994/1995	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998	1998/1999	1999/2000	2000/2001
Mensk city	21,0	17,7	15,4	13,4	11,2	9,5	8,4
Berasce	44,4	39,2	35,7	33,4	32,0	30,7	30,2
Vicebsk	35,9	28,5	26,9	26,2	25,2	25,9	24,5
Gomel	43,4	26,1	23,3	21,9	20,7	20,4	20,3
Garodnja	50,7	50,8	51,3	51,5	51,0	50,3	48,3
Mensk	54,6	55,3	55,8	54,5	54,4	54,0	52,6
Mahileu	34,6	27,5	23,8	22,6	22,1	22,9	21,6

	The dynamics of the quantity of schoolchildren who study in Russian
Regions	1994/1995	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998	1998/1999	1999/2000	2000/2001
Mensk city	79,0	82,3	84,6	86,6	88,8	90,5	91,6
Berasce	55,6	60,8	64,6	66,6	68,0	69,2	69,8
Vicebsk	64,1	71,5	73,1	73,8	74,8	74,1	75,5
Gomel	56,6	73,9	76,7	78,1	79,3	79,6	79,7
Garodnja	49,1	49,0	48,3	48,1	48,5	49,3	51,2
Mensk	45,4	44,7	44,2	45,5	45,6	46,0	47,4
Mahileu	65,4	72,5	76,2	77,4	77,9	78,1	78,4

112877 (123574) children study at preparatory schools.
28608 (32402) of them study in Belarusian (25,3% (26,2%)).
84189 (91045) of them study in Russian (74,6% (73,7%)).
74 (122) of them study in Polish (0,1%).
6 (5) of them study in Lithuanian.

4,8% (5,9%) of students of urban preparatory schools study in Belarusian.
95,1% (93,9%) - in Russian.
0,1% - in Polish

76,7% (76,8%) of students of rural preparatory schools study in Belarusian
23,3% (23,2%) - in Russian.
6 (5) pupils - in Lithuanian.

	The % of children accepted to schools with the Belarusian language of instruction
Regions	1994/1995	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998	1998/1999	1999/2000	2000/2001
Mensk city	58,0	19,5	12,1	7,3	5,3	4,3	4,3
Berasce	79,5	37,0	30,5	27,3	24,8	29,0	28,8
Vicebsk	62,3	28,9	26,2	25,3	21,4	26,0	25,4
Gomel	82,8	26,1	22,6	22,1	16,6	20,4	19,4
Garodnja	86,9	61,4	50,8	44,1	37,2	37,0	34,1
Mensk	91,3	67,8	61,4	52,9	45,2	44,1	42,8
Mahileu	65,1	25,8	22,9	23,0	19,9	22,4	22,3

	The % of children accepted to schools with the Russian language of instruction
Regions	1994/1995	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998	1998/1999	1999/2000	2000/2001
Mensk city	41,9	80,4	87,9	92,6	64,6	95,6	95,7
Berasce	20,4	62,9	69,5	72,6	75,1	70,9	71,1
Vicebsk	37,7	71,1	73,8	74,7	78,6	74,0	74,6
Gomel	17,2	73,9	77,4	77,9	83,4	79,6	80,6
Garodnja	12,4	38,2	48,5	55,4	62,4	62,4	65,4
Mensk	8,7	31,2	38,6	47,1	54,8	55,9	57,2
Mahileu	34,9	74,2	77,1	77,0	80,1	77,6	77,7

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