ENVIRONMENT MONITORING IN THE SYSTEM OF ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION
The course «Scientific basis of monitoring», which aims at training students on the basis of the information obtained by modernphysical, chemical and blological methods of analyzing the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere, is ofparticular importance in the system of educationfor itsstable development. The objectives of the discipline are asfollows: introducing systems and types of environmental monitoring methodology and methodological toolsfor monitoring, types of environmental information, teaching how to observe components andphenomena of the environment, to record and analyze environment and predict it and its components and anthropogenic impact on the environment phenomena. There are 16 Belarusian official sites in the Internet global computer network, reflecting the environmental monitoring data. Specialists with higher education in Belarus in thefield of environmental protection make 1.3 % of the total number of trained professionals in public andprivate universities in Belarus. At present there arejour trades in leading universities of the republic which teach environmental monitoring bases.