Between March 5.-8 the National Defence Education Bureau of the Ministry of Defence organizes the 6th seminar National Defence Education at Schools for the school leaders.
The three-day-seminar will give a thorough overview of the Estonian defence policy and the national defence system, the conscript training system in the Estonian Defence Forces, the shaping of the defence will and the role of youth organizations in the development of the young people.
One part of the seminar will focus on the national defence education at Estonian schools. The national defence education trainer from school no 21 will share with the participants his corresponding experience. The social and market research company Saar Poll will analyze the results of the research National Defence Education at Schools which was conducted among the students of Estonian schools at the end of last year.
In addition to lectures the participants will visit the Single Guard Battalion.
The aim of the seminar is to give the school leaders an overview of the current state of the national defence education, to acquaint them with the everyday life of the conscripts and to approve the preparation level of the youth for the conscript period in EDF.
The lecturers at the seminar are leading civil servicemen of the Ministry of Defence and officers of the General Staff.