Korean peninsula is still divided in two and the necessity of reinforcing the
state security awareness of people is more essential than any other country.
However, the state security awareness of Korean juveniles is very poor.
According to the people’s state security awareness survey result by Korea
Freedom Federation in February 2011, 91% of adults think that the ‘state
security awareness’ of juveniles is very poor. The cause of such poor state
security awareness of juveniles is the insufficient state security awareness
education and it is possible to find the proofs in the textbooks used by
elementary schools, junior-high schools and high schools.
What is the most important function of textbooks? It is to tell the post
generations on what they should remember among the numerous monumental
events achieved by the blood and sweat of state community members. If the
things which the members of state community should remember and succeed
are not included in the textbooks and the students are taught of distorted facts
and values as the subjects for examination, indeed it is a huge issue. This
study emphasizes that the state security awareness of students should be
reinforced by the role of state veteran welfare agencies. The current members
of state veteran welfare agencies have stronger patriotism on the state and
people than the member of any other agencies. They are the people who gave
their lives without any hesitation when the state had met crisis and disasters.
Since these men of national merit are respected by most of people, they can
contribute in the reinforcement of students’ state security awareness.