BRITISH IMPACT UPON PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF BORDER GUARDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of British impact upon the system of professional training of border guards in the Republic of India. The aim of the article is to investigate the British role in the system of training of border guards in the Republic of India and to point out the efficiency of some methods and forms for modern system of training. The article proves that there are a wide range of similar threats for border security systems in the Republic of India and Ukraine and therefore the author persuades that it is necessary to compare the systems of training of servicemen of border agencies of the Republic of India and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and to outline recommendations for creative implementations of some principles and approaches.On the basis of analysis of literature the author admits that the necessity to select the training of border guards within the system of military training due to specific functions of border guards was done in the British Indian Army and special forces were established. Also the article proves that the training was divided into three phases: basic individual training, progressive or group training and integrated training. The border guards were supposed to obtain the following skills: marksmanship, vigilance, mountain warfare, hill warfare, piqueting, map reading, intelligence, scouting, technical competence, physical endurance, etc. To train border guards there were established permanent training camps along the North-West frontier, some mountain warfare schools, and later higher educational establishments where special disciplines on border warfare were taught. The article describes the methods and forms of training of border guards. They are the following: training in real conditions, war games, project method, practical exercises, combined lectures, conferences, “sandbox” exercise, and illustrative methods. The author emphasizes that a range of official documents concerning training of border guards were issued: Operation Memorandums, Field Manual for border guards, Guidelines for border warfare, etc.