The regulation requiring primary school students to study National Defense and Security will be difficult to implement.
On the afternoon of May 29, the National Assembly heard the report presented by the Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security, Nguyen Kim Khoa, on the explanation, acceptance, and revision of the Draft Law on National Defense and Security Education.
In response to some opinions suggesting that the task of national defense and security education is assigned to too many ministries and agencies, making it difficult to ensure uniformity in programs and content, and that more specific regulations are needed in the law to ensure feasibility (as up to 50% of the provisions delegate the authority to the Government and ministries to provide detailed regulations and guidance), the Standing Committee of the National Assembly proposed revisions to include provisions that have been tested in practice directly in the law. Accordingly, the number of articles and clauses requiring detailed regulations and guidance has been reduced from 23 to 6. These provisions mostly fall under the authority of the Government, the Prime Minister, and several relevant ministries and agencies.
With the proposal to regulate the content of the socialization of national defense and security education in a reasonable manner in the law to mobilize the country's resources, for example, private museums about wartime achievements, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly has also accepted, supplemented, and revised the Draft Law on National Defense and Security Education.
During the plenary session, the majority of opinions expressed support for the aforementioned reforms. However, some National Assembly deputies argued that the regulations in the Law on National Defense and Security Education are still not rigorous enough and are difficult to implement. This is because we currently lack both facilities and teachers for national defense and security education. To overcome the shortage of national defense and security education teachers, Deputy Ngo Thi Minh (Quang Ninh delegation) suggested maximizing the role of youth organizations and the Young Pioneers in disseminating and educating on national defense and security education, not just through extracurricular activities. In addition, the teaching of national defense and security education to primary school students needs to be reconsidered. According to Deputy Ngo Thi Minh, while the Ministry of Education and Training is reducing the curriculum load for this age group, the inclusion of national defense and security education in the school curriculum is illogical.
Representative Tran Thi Hoa Sinh (Lang Son delegation) affirmed that the regulation stipulating that Party members are the target group for national defense and security education training is too general and will lead to duplication of trainees. Therefore, detailed guidelines are needed.
Representative Le Hien Van (Hanoi delegation) requested that the work of national defense and security education be strengthened in schools, especially for students, so that the younger generation understands the history of the sea and islands, the tasks of national defense and security, military skills, and clearly grasps the schemes of hostile forces against Vietnam.
Some opinions also suggested that the law needs to clarify the resources for national defense and security education. Some even argued that the draft law leans too much towards administrative approaches, lacks a high degree of social participation, and fails to fully utilize social resources.
According to Hanoi Moi - TH
