Russia updates a course to include basic military training for children aged 16 and over and a module on its armed forces and how to serve in them
Russia has set up a centre to prepare veterans of the war in Ukraine to teach schoolchildren a new security and defence course, the education minister said on Wednesday, the latest sign of rising military influence in Russian society.special military operation” in Ukraine
early last year. New textbooks provide a revised interpretation of the fall of the Soviet Union, the Putin era and the causes of the Ukraine war. It is also updating an existing course to include basic military training for children aged 16 and over and a module on Russia’s armed forces and how to serve in them.
The new course, which according to the education ministry includes studying how to handle a Kalashnikov assault rifle and various hand grenades as well as self-defence, is called “Fundamentals of Security and Defence of the Motherland”.“ … A centre has been created this year … to retrain teacher-veterans of the special military operation, and those who have taken part in combat, to implement the rollout of a new course that prioritizes practical training.
Pupils on the same course will also learn about combat drones – increasingly important on the battlefield, according to the defence ministry, which has advised the education ministry.Official figures show that at least 133,000 people have been officially designated veterans of the Ukraine conflict, which affords them and their families a raft of financial and other benefits.
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