On September 14, 2021, academician-secretary of the Department of Humanities and Arts of the NASB Alexander Kovalenya visited the Staritskaya secondary school of the Kopyl district of the Minsk region, of which he is a graduate. On the basis of the school, an event dedicated to the Day of National Unity was held for middle and high school students.

During a meeting with students, academician-secretary Alexander Kovalenya donated 80 books on history from his personal library to the school. Alexander Alexandrovich was accompanied by his students: the rector of the Academy of Management under the President of the Republic of Belarus Vyacheslav Danilovich and the rector of the Institute for Training Scientific Personnel of the NASB Marat Zhilinsky, who told the children about their educational institutions.