Ukraine plans to reform national defense education
Faced with the existential war with Russia
and the rapidly evolving mature of modern warfare, Ukraine must overhaul how Defense
of Ukraine discipline is taught in schools, Education
Minister Oksen Lisovyi told NV on Feb. 15.
“We will develop a model program in key knowledge areas that we must impart to children to defend their country,” said Lisovyi.
“We have the funds to train professionals who will teach this discipline, and to purchase the necessary equipment.”
According to the minister, the reboot aims not only to equip high school students with practical skills in first aid, marksmanship, drone operation, but also to explain why it's important to defend their homeland.
"This year's mobilization situation shows that certain citizens do not understand this civic duty; we need to correct this situation," he said.
It was previously reported that 26% of Ukrainian students aged 14 from regions under repeated Russian shelling would like to go abroad after their studies, and 24% are pessimistic about Ukraine's future.
These findings are from a survey conducted by Vox Populi polling agency, commissioned by the charitable foundation savED as part of the Providing Educational Services in Wartime Ukraine project supported by the U-LEAD with Europe program.
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