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West Java to introduce military training for senior high school students
West Java governor Dedi Mulyadi plans to integrate mandatory military training, in collaboration with the military and police, in high school curricula as part of the Jabar Manunggal movement to combat crime.
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More than 500 youths from 18 districts in the Central Java regency of Purbalingga take part in military training on Dec. 12, 2016, as part of the State Defense program in the Munjulluhur campground. West Java Governor Dedi Mulyani floated the idea of providing mandatory military training for delinquent senior high school students. (Tribunjateng/Khoirul Muzaki)
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est Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi plans to incorporate mandatory military service into the province’s senior high school education curriculum.
This initiative is part of the Jabar Manunggal (West Java United) movement, which aims to reduce crime rates, focusing on tackling motorcycle gangs, gang-related activities and other efforts to curb criminal behavior.
"This is to instill a sense of nationalism among senior high school students," Dedi said during Kompas’s GasPol program, as quoted on Tuesday.
Dedi expected that the mandatory military training would make the students understand various issues.
“They will understand, from the physical side, how to march, and they will learn history, culture and ecology, and about the future of the nation and about discipline,” he said,
The mandatory military training was expected to make West Java free from brawls and drug abuse, he added.
The former Purwakarta regent said the program would involve the Indonesian Army’s Siliwangi Military Command, which oversees Banten and West Java provinces, and the West Java Police.
