Ministry of Education Hosts High-Achievers in Comprehensive Defense Education and Related Research Award Ceremony 2007 to Share Achievements

In order to encourage more contributions to research and enhance the educational competence of the teaching staff of military education in the Ministry of Education for comprehensive defense education, the Ministry of Education held the Award Ceremony 2007 for High Acheivers in Comprehensive Defense Education and Related Research on November 26.

Minister of Education Tu Cheng-sheng presented awards to stellar performers and expressed gratitude to military training officers for their effort and dedication. Minister Tu said that real knowledge can only be acquired through research. This is the principle educators should adhered to. Military training officers teach comprehensive national defense in accordance with the Comprehensive Defense Education Law, which helps students learn more about military strategies in line with global trends.

The Ministry of Education has been inviting scholars of different fields to assess the quality of dissertations penned by military training personnel since 2006. This move has significantly helped to improve the quality of academic works by military training officers. In 2007, a paper entitled "A Study on the Aircraft of the Chinese Community Party" was rated as outstanding. A total of seven dissertations, including one titled "Sun Tze's Art of War and Modern Leadership" earned merits. The authors of these academic works attended the ceremony and presented their research findings.

In addition, the Ministry of Education's central Taiwan office and departments of education in municipalities select outstanding teaching personnel each year whose efforts are to be cited in ceremonies. This encourages military education personnel to hone their career skills, increase their professional knowledge and improve the quality of comprehensive defense education.

The Ministry of Education welcomes feedback and opinions from noted individuals, scholars and experts who are involved in comprehensive defense education. With their help, it is hoped that the academic standards and educational performance of comprehensive defense education will make excellent progress.