Compulsory Military Training

There is a proverb that, "If you want to have peace, prepare for war." The best preparation for war is to keep man-power and munitions ready. Before the beginning of the Second World War, England and France were not prepared for war, while Germany and Japan were prepared for it. England and France wanted peace at any cost, but they forgot the above proverb.

Wars have become a necessary evil in modern times, and the only way to fight out this evil is through a preparation for war at the national level. In every country there are schools and colleges for military training. There are three branches of the army: ground force, naval force and air force. Military training is voluntary in almost all countries.

But in ancient Greece there was compulsory training. Germany and Japan had made military training compulsory till the end of the Second World War. Now there is compulsory military training in Russia, France, China, Italy and Germany and so many other have introduced compulsory military training.

In Pakistan, we are still dependent of our defence upon a professional army. It is with this objective in view that the Commission on National Education has recommended the introduction of compulsory military training in all the schools and colleges of our country. A few years ago a sort of military training called the N.C.C. force was introduced in some of the colleges. But now, after the recent Indo-Pak war, the importance of compulsory military training has been realised anew.

There are many advantages of military training. It develops the sense of orderliness and discipline in a nation. It makes people strong and courageous. The concept of new citizenship is incomplete without military training, it makes soldiers patriotic. It narrows the gap between civil life and military life. No other training can create in our young men the habit of self-obedience, team spirit and co-operation in a better than military training does. A compulsory military training is the only way to make our people smart and active.