Bringing the Law on National Defense and Security Education into life

To implement the Law on National Defense and Security Education, which takes effect from January 1, 2014, the Prime Minister has just issued Decision 2419/QD-TTg dated December 12, 2013 on the establishment of the Central Council for National Defense and Security Education and the Military Region Council for National Defense and Security Education.

Accordingly, the Central Council for National Defense and Security Education (GDQPAN) is chaired by a Deputy Prime Minister; the Vice Chairmen include: Minister of National Defense, Minister of Public Security; Minister of Education and Training and a Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee.

The Military Region Defense and Security Education Council is chaired by the Military Region Commander. The Vice Chairmen of the Council include: Political Commissar of the Military Region; Deputy Commander - Chief of Staff of the Military Region (Permanent Vice Chairman); Deputy Commanders, Deputy Political Commissars of the Military Region; Deputy Director General of the General Department of People's Public Security Force Building, Ministry of Public Security.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga and teachers at the 1st National High School National Defense and Security Teacher Competition 2013.

Previously, the Prime Minister also issued Decision No. 1911/QD-TTg dated October 18, 2013 on the plan to implement the Law on National Defense and Security Education. Accordingly, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies and localities will develop 17 documents detailing and guiding the implementation of this Law.

In particular, the Ministry of Education and Training is assigned to preside over the development of 6 detailed documents guiding the implementation of the Law. Among them, there is the Prime Minister's Decision (replacing Decision 472/QD-TTg in 2010) approving the Project on training teachers of National Defense Education for high schools, professional secondary schools, and vocational secondary schools; Project on training lecturers of National Defense Education for vocational colleges and higher education institutions in the period 2014 - 2020. These Decisions will be submitted in March 2014 and are expected to be issued in April 2014.

The joint circular regulating the norms, regimes, policies, management staff, teachers and lecturers of National Defense Education will also be developed by the Ministry of Education and Training, expected to be issued in July 2014.

Along with that is the Joint Circular regulating the organization of teaching and assessment of learning outcomes of the subject of National Defense Education from primary to university and vocational training institutions; Circular guiding the integration of National Defense Education in primary and secondary schools; Circular promulgating the List of teaching equipment and minimum equipment samples for the subject of National Defense Education in high schools, vocational training institutions, and universities; Joint Circular on the management of weapons and explosives in national educational institutions.

The Ministry of Education and Training is also assigned to preside over the Project to build a National Defense Education Center at a university and is responsible for compiling textbooks, curricula, and National Defense Education materials in high schools, vocational colleges, and universities.

According to the Communist Party of Vietnam