Decree Law No. 669 – Education

Decree Law No. 669 closed down war colleges, military high schools and sergeant preparation schools. Instead, a new university called the National Defense University was established under the purview of the National Defense Ministry. Subject to the rectorate, the university consists of newly established institutes, which are aimed at training staff officers and offering postgraduate education, in addition military academies, Air Force academies, Naval academies and sergeant high schools.