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Civil Georgia January 13, 2010 Officials Speak of ‘Military-Patriotic’ Courses in Schools -“Military-patriotic education means training in civil defense; stimulating soldierly spirit, which historically was always in the nature of people in Georgia...." Tbilisi: Military-patriotic education in the schools will involve courses in civil defense and Georgia’s military history to “stimulate a soldierly spirit” among pupils, Manana Manjgaladze, a spokesperson for the President, said on January 13. President Saakashvili said on January 12, that Georgia should “definitely introduce military-patriotic education courses in schools.” His spokesperson said on January 13, that the President wanted to release more details of the initiative about the “military-patriotic education of our future generations.” “These courses existed in schools in the past, but as a result of reform it will be an absolutely new approach,” Manjgaladze said. “Military-patriotic education means training in civil defense; stimulating soldierly spirit, which historically was always in the nature of people in Georgia, as well as courses in Georgia’s military history.” Retired army officers would be recruited to lead these courses after undergoing trainings, she added. Bacho Akhalaia, the Georgian defense minister, said on January 13, that the MoD was actively cooperating with the Education Ministry to launch these courses from the next education year in September, 2010. He said that the project would initially be launched in several schools and would extend to all the schools at the later stage. Courses, he said, would include basic skills in use of firearms and providing information about the army structure. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=19941 Rustavi2 January 13, 2010 Military education to become official at Georgian schools Pupils of Georgian schools will soon learn a new subject - military skills will become obligatory under the proposal of the president and the defence minister. The president`s press speaker Manana Manjgaladze announced today that military education would become obligatory at Georgian schools, and the subject will include civil defence skills and military history. Retired officers will give lessons to the pupils of the upper forms. They will take special training and tests before beginning to teach the subject. The Georgian Defense Minister has also talked about the initiative. He said the new subject would help the pupils to gain basic military skills and be aware of the country`s defence structure and priorities. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
