The minors will learn how to handle the Kalashnikov rifle, throw grenades, dig trenches, know the protocols in case of a nuclear attack, first aid and parade with total correctness.
“From next academic year, a compulsory course on basic military instruction” (NVP in Russian abbreviation) will appear in Russian schools, Russian Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov announced on Wednesday, in a context of war with Ukraine and of a controversial and difficult partial mobilization of reservists to send to a front that fails to break through the defenses of the Kiev troops. According to Kravtsov department sources, the ministry is already programming the content of the classes that will start next September to teach students in the last years of secondary education.
This Tuesday, the Deputy Minister of Education, Tatiana Vasílieva, said that “the military instruction classes will last 35 hours, spread over five days”, but in such a way that they cover a total of 140 hours in the last two school years prior to the college or vocational training.
The Department of Defense estimates that this military training should make up as much as 11% of the total curriculum. As was the case in Soviet times, the aim is to teach schoolchildren how to use automatic weapons, first of all, the Kalashnikov rifle, learn how to disassemble and reassemble it, learn to throw grenades, to dig trenches, to know perfectly the protocols in case of a nuclear attack, to know how to give first aid to the wounded and to parade with total correctness.
According to the Russian newspaper Izvestia, the idea of returning military instruction to Russian schools last month came from the head of the Just Russia party’s parliamentary faction, Sergei Mirónov, a formation as official as the United Russia Kremlin formation. Mirónov sent his proposal to the Ministry of Defense and his ‘number two’ and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valeri Gerasimov, replied in the affirmative. Classes are taught by active-duty military personnel or reserve veterans.
“Given the relevance of the subject under discussion, the proposal to introduce a separate academic subject, Military Primary Education, as compulsory education at general secondary and vocational secondary level, of course, deserves attention and has our support.” », was Gerasimov’s reply to Mironov. Later, the deputies Vladimir Pavlov and Yana Lantrátova addressed the Ministry of Education in the same way.
The newspaper Kommersant states that the Kremlin government is also preparing by March 2023 the first draft of a large-scale training on the “Fundamentals and Principles of the Russian State”, which will also include military training courses. According to Mirónov, the basic military instruction “will help solve several problems at once: preparing a large reserve for the army and employing tens of thousands of people who sincerely love Russia and also master the theory and practice of war. The introduction of such discipline in schools will making it possible to systematically prepare civilians for a possible confrontation with the enemy.» “With the start of the special military operation, this problem has become particularly acute. Even many volunteers do not have the necessary experience to participate in combat operations,” the Russian deputy admitted.
In Soviet times, military training in educational centers was as common as the subject of physical culture. In 1918, military training prior to compulsory military service was first introduced in the USSR for men between the ages of 15 and 20. From 1947 it was abolished for the youngest and from 1962 for all high school students. In 1968 it was decided to resume military training for students in the upper secondary and vocational schools. In 1990 NVP was again removed from the curricula.
Source: La Verdad
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