Vzdělávací systém resortu ministerstva vnitra na počátku normalizace
The education system of the Ministry of the Interior at the beginning of normalization

Summary/Abstract: In the early 1970s, the Ministry’s education, as well as the entire Ministry of the Interior, had to deal with a number of fundamental changes related to the federalization of the state (from 1 January 1969) and the emergence of the republic’s ministries, a large number of forced departures of “reformists” as a result of the defeat of the Prague Spring, as well as voluntary retirement of the staff and members of the National Security Corps (SNB). At that time, numerous legislative changes also led to the reorganization of the existing education system from the mid-1960s and the creation of a new system with a university‑like school as the highest grade – the University of the National Security Corps. Although management mechanisms were created and the Ministry’s regulations governing education were completed, the system failed to fulfill the tasks of the communist party resolutions concerning cadre work and education, as shown by statistics. This was associated with a low level of education of the newly recruited members of the National Security Corps. In the mid-1970s, however, the foundations of an education system were laid that was able to produce ideologically “solid” graduates with narrow security specialization for the future, for the Interior Ministry’s own needs.

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