Russia to Teach High School Students How to Use Rifles and Grenades Starting Next Year

Each University Also Decides to Introduce 'Basic Military Training' Curriculum

Russian conscripts are walking along the platform before boarding a train departing for a Russian military base at a train station in Omsk, south-central Russia, on the 27th of last month (local time).
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Russian high school students will receive basic military training handling rifles and grenades starting next year.

On the 26th (local time), according to foreign media including TASS news agency, Sergey Kravtsov, Russia's Minister of Education, recently approved a new curriculum containing these details.

Accordingly, 10th to 11th grade students in Russia, equivalent to our country's high school curriculum, will learn how to handle Russian-made Kalashnikov rifles through a subject called 'Basics of Life Safety.' They will also learn the operating principles of F-1 and RGD-5 grenades, as well as first aid. In addition, students will take 'Russian History' classes that include the special military operation in Ukraine.

The authorities plan to inform students about Russia's importance and achievements in global politics, society, and economy through this education.

Earlier, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science also announced last month that it would include questions related to the special military operation in Ukraine in the 'Unified State Exam (EGE),' the national high school graduation and university entrance qualification test.

Not only in high schools but also in Russian universities, a 'Basic Military Training' curriculum will be introduced. This program, jointly developed by the education authorities and the Russian Ministry of Defense, will be incorporated into bachelor's and professional degree programs.

The education authorities stated, "This curriculum allows students to learn how to create and maintain a safe environment not only in emergencies or military conflicts but also in daily life."

Meanwhile, although the Russian government has consistently shown a negative stance toward mobilization orders since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, it issued a partial mobilization order in September, recruiting 300,000 reservists.

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