| What contribution can distance education make in military and other forms of
government education and training? For countries with large and dispersed armed
forces, meeting the needs of military personnel for education and training can be
difficult and expensive. Military personnel need continual training:
- To meet new and changing technical requirements in their jobs
- To undertake greater responsibility
- To prepare to return to civilian life
- To meet special national requirements (such as bilingual training in the Canadian armed
forces).
Distance education can assist governments in providing this kind of education and
training with minimum disruption when, for example, military personnel are posted to a new
location.
Distance education can also help ensure continuity in national prison systems, for
example, where moves from location to location (known in Canada as "cascading through
the system") or release at the end of a term can disrupt conventionally delivered
education and training.
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