The administrative department of education shall incorporate national defense education into the work plan, strengthen the organization, guidance and supervision of national defense education in schools, and regularly evaluate the national defense education in schools. Institutions of higher learning, senior middle schools and schools equivalent to senior middle schools should combine classroom teaching with military training to educate students on national defense.

Colleges and universities should offer appropriate national defense education courses, senior middle schools and schools equivalent to senior middle schools should arrange special national defense education contents in relevant courses, and can carry out various national defense education activities among students.

Military training for students in institutions of higher learning, senior middle schools and schools equivalent to senior middle schools shall be organized and implemented by military training institutions of schools or military teachers in accordance with relevant state regulations. Military organs shall assist schools in organizing military training for students.

Schools should incorporate national defense education into their work and teaching plans and take effective measures to ensure the quality and effect of national defense education. When organizing military training activities, schools should take measures to strengthen security.

All kinds of educational institutions that undertake the task of training national staff should incorporate national defense education into their training plans and offer corresponding national defense education courses. According to the needs, the state sends local and departmental leaders to relevant military academies for training, so as to learn and master the national defense knowledge necessary for performing leadership duties.

Extended data

National defense education is a basic education for all citizens, involving all aspects, rich in content and wide in scope. The integrity of national defense construction determines the content of national defense education. Modern national defense not only refers to the construction of troops, weapons and equipment, battlefields and strategic locations, but also is closely related to the country's economic strength, political situation, national psychology, educational level and population quality.

National defense education is a mass educational activity with specific purposes and contents, which aims at preventing and resisting aggression, stopping armed subversion and defending national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity. National defense education is an important part of national defense construction, which is attached to primary schools, middle schools and universities.

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