OFFICER TRAINING SYSTEM IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
Authors: Chernykh J. , Chernykh O. 
Published: December 2020

Analysis of the foreign experience of the organisation and reformation of the armed forces in other countries, with the respective systems of military education being an integral part, reveals the specific national aspect of such activities in each country. In the meantime, there are some general methodological approaches used in military pedagogic practice across different countries of the world to be practicably considered and applied. The article examines the experience of officers’ training for the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus. The article provides information on the existing network of military educational institutions for the officer training of tactical, operational-tactical and operational-strategic level of military command. Requirements for admission to military educational institutions for the officer training of different levels of training has been given. The terms of military specialists’ training on tactical, operational-tactical and operational-strategic level have been defined. The analysis of the content of officer training for different armed services of the armed forces and different levels of military administration has been conducted. We used the system of the general scientific methods of theoretical and empirical research, in particular, the theoretical-methodological analysis of the problem and the relevant scholarly resources, systematization and generalization of the scientific information pertaining to the essence and content of the set objectives, monitoring of the existing system of military specialists training in the Armed Forces of the republic of Belarus, scientific generalisation, the general scientific methods of logical and comparative analysis, systems approach, peer review, analysis and interpretation of the obtained theoretical and empirical data. An analysis of the concept, structure, goals, content and technologies of officers’ training inthe armed forces of the Republic of Belarus shows that the military education system reflects the current stage of development of the armed forces, as well as the national cultural specificity of the country. Education and training of officers is carried out on the basis of national cultural and military traditions, taking into account the mentality of the Belarusian people. The main direction of officers’ training is their fundamental military and professional training in both the military and civilian fields. First of all, the training of the citizen – patriot of his homeland is carried out. The content of the officers’ training is based on two military education levels. Each level of military education ends with a certain level of qualification. It is possible to distinguish the general tendencies of development of the higher Belarusian military school: improvement of the quality of applicants’ selection, individualization of training of cadets and trainees, stabilization of their number at the present level; further informatization of the educational process, introduction of multimedia learning tools. The reform of higher military education in Belarus continues in line with pan-European development. However, it does not embark on the path of simply copying military educational models of other countries, but takes into account the experience, traditions of the military school, national peculiarities of formation and development of national armed forces. Certainly, the positive elements of the experience of the Belarusian army can be used in the training of officers in the Ukrainian Armed Forces under the conditions of gradual transition to the recruitment on a contract basis.