"If there will be some universal form of characteristics, which each educational institution will accurately fill out and will understand its responsibility, then this characteristic will be able to work for the benefit of the state.
We will see active guys taking part in all activities.
In my opinion, it can also be one of the components of the entire adoption company," said
Marina Ilyina
, quoted by BelTA.
Natalya Kachanova
positively evaluated the offer.
She stated that the characteristic is really necessary:
"There must be criteria, because not only studies characterize a child.
But if you gave a description, then you are responsible for it," said the chairman of the Council of the Republic.
In Soviet times, written characteristics were mandatory for university applicants and for employment, as well as for other advancement on the social ladder.
In the characteristics, it was usually written about the person's ideological devotion to the Soviet system and personal participation in the construction of communism.
Over time, they degenerated into formality.