25 January, Minsk /Yulia Vanina - BELTA/. Students will not be expelled from higher education institutions for participating in an unsanctioned rally on December 19. This was announced today at a press conference by the Minister of Education of Belarus, Sergey Maskevich, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. Competent authorities have already made decisions regarding all participants of the incident, and the management of higher education institutions will not expel students for participating in the unsanctioned rally. "However, we can state that some students are deliberately provoking the situation in order to be expelled," the minister said. He also noted that the Education Code, which will come into force on September 1, 2011, provides for disciplinary action for such actions. -0-

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