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Institut střední školy silového ministerstva: 20 let pokusů o jeho záchranu
The Institutes of Force Ministry Secondary School: 20 Years of Endeavour to Preserve It

Author(s): Bohuslav Pernica
Subject(s): Security and defense, School education, Higher Education
Published by: Univerzita obrany - Centrum bezpečnostních a vojenskostrategických studií
Keywords: Military Budget; Financial Outlook; Military Secondary Schools; Capabilities; Ins-Titutes; Institution; National Security

Summary/Abstract: As a consequence of shrinking military budget, secondary military schools in the Czech Republic were considerably reduced. Actually, there is only one left nowadays. Its future is rather dim, not only due to the Financial Outlook for 2018. The White Paper on Defence 2011 postulated educational scope offered by any secondary military school. But such mission could be easily transferred on other school institutions, without any impact on the national security. Even other Czech state institutions, dealing with national security, very soon will have to answer such to-be-or-not-to-be question. Namely the Ministry of Interior, struggling to economize, runs two secondary schools of its own. This article is a summary of the evolution of secondary schools needed for national security purposes, since 1993. It challenges the conservative point of view saying that in no case their educational capabilities could be substituted.

  • Issue Year: 22/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 148-163
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Czech