Scholarship appointment meeting for the year of 2024-2025

On 1 August 2024, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of North Ossetia Alania held a meeting to appoint scholarships for the 2024/25 academic year.

The scholarships are for students in accredited higher education institutions who have done scientific research in Ossetian studies, literature and folklore. They are also for students who have promoted the works of Ossetian writers and the Ossetian language. The scholarships are also for postgraduate students and scientists up to 40 years old.

Three students from the K.L. Khetagurov SOGU received the G.D. Pliev scholarship: Kamilla Gusova, Victor Dzarasov and Milana Babaeva. They will receive 5,000 rubles each month. The V.I. Abaev Scholarship was awarded to Fatima Abaeva and Aza Dzeboeva and Arina Godizova, students of the K.L. Khetagurov SOGU. They will receive 8,000 roubles a month for their commitment to science.

In 2024, the Centre for the Development of the Ossetian Language of the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania prepared a manuscript of a reference book on Ossetian punctuation. Following an internal review, the manuscript was deemed to be of a high standard and received positive feedback. It has since been sent for external review to scientific institutions within the republic. Should the reviews be positive, the handbook will be ready for publication.

Additionally, the Centre for the Development of the Ossetian Language is engaged in the creation of a school phraseological dictionary and a school orthoepic dictionary. A system for the automatic transcription of Ossetian words has been developed, and a dictionary has been compiled based on the vocabulary of existing Ossetian language textbooks. The anticipated completion date for this project is December 2025.