The cadet schools were merged and dissolved starting in 2011.
(Baonghean.vn)ButVoters in Nghe An province have petitioned: "The government should continue the policy of recruiting children of ethnic minorities to attend military cadet schools."
The relevant authorities have responded to this issue as follows:
The cadet school, established during the years of the resistance war against the US to save the country, has trained many generations of students, making an important contribution to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.
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| Seeing off their son as he heads off to join the army. (Illustrative photo: Nguyen Khoa) |
During that period, due to the difficult conditions facing the country, the system of general schools and ethnic boarding schools in localities had not yet been established and developed as it is today. Therefore, the establishment of cadet schools to meet part of the educational needs of children of ethnic minorities in particular, and people nationwide in general, to create a local source and promptly supplement the ranks of officers for the army, was a completely correct policy.
| From 2011 to the present, in implementing the Party and State's policy on streamlining personnel and organization in the Army, the Ministry of National Defense has merged and dissolved military cadet schools and ceased recruiting and training cadets. |
Over the years, the Party and the State have prioritized investment in education development in remote, border, and island areas. The system of boarding schools has received state investment in terms of scale, facilities, and teaching staff. The curriculum has been reformed, so the quality of education and training has gradually improved, meeting the teaching and learning needs of students from ethnic minority communities in remote provinces.
| Currently, there are approximately 300 ethnic minority boarding schools nationwide; Nghe An province alone has 10 such schools. Thus, while previously only a small number of children from ethnic minority groups were admitted to military cadet schools based on the Army's needs, now they can pursue their education at many ethnic minority boarding schools in the area. After graduating from high school, if they so desire and meet the political and health requirements, they can apply to take entrance exams for schools within and outside the military according to the regulations of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education and Training. |
The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense have always paid close attention to the selection of children from ethnic minority groups to serve in the Army, and have strictly directed the creation of training programs to supplement the ranks of officers, meeting both mission requirements and ensuring a reasonable regional structure, avoiding waste of human resources.
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| Encouraging new recruits before they depart for military service. (Illustrative photo: Nguyen Khoa) |
Annually, the Ministry of National Defence, based on the needs of its units, reviews and determines the quotas for selecting candidates for training at military schools according to appropriate ratios, ensuring the structure of the officer corps, prioritizing candidates from ethnic minority groups, and implementing many positive solutions to attract and create conditions for young people from remote, disadvantaged, border, and island areas to be selected for training to contribute and serve long-term in the Army.
At the same time, in the recruitment and conscription of citizens into the military, a certain percentage of the recruits were given priority, allowing the recruitment of children with primary school education, ensuring that no communes were left without recruits.
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| Students at Ky Son Boarding School reading newspapers (archival photo, Phan Toan) |
Furthermore, military training centers and local military schools continue to organize training for grassroots military officers at the commune and ward levels; military vocational schools have effectively provided vocational training for demobilized soldiers and social policy beneficiaries (including children of ethnic minorities), making a significant contribution to the process of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland in the new era.
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| Students of Tuong Duong 1 Boarding High School. (Illustrative image) |
Thus, the recruitment of children from ethnic minority groups into the military from graduating ethnic boarding schools takes place through various forms, such as: annual military recruitment into officer schools and colleges according to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of National Defense; selection and nomination according to government regulations; and annual conscription of citizens. In recent years, the recruitment of children from ethnic boarding schools into the military has ensured both fairness and improved quality.
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