"It would be better if they promoted mathematics like this": Schoolchildren are now being given even more time to military training.

Starting this academic year, 50% of the "Fundamentals of Security and Defense of the Homeland" course will be devoted to military training, the head of the Ministry of Education announced. Sergey Kravtsov.

"Over four academic years, that's 68 hours," the official reported. He added that the hours are distributed evenly—34 hours each for grades 8-9 and 10-11.

Previously, the share of initial military training within the framework of the "Fundamentals of Security and Defense of the Homeland" amounted to 20% of the total time.

"Introduce a critical thinking course. And there won't be any need to increase military training hours," "The subject should be removed and replaced with social studies," "Well, now we have a real army, not a kindergarten," "It would be better if they promoted mathematics and Russian like this," — Russians comment on social networks.