Ghanan to host international cadet conference

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March 17, 2009

A TOTAL of 10,200 students have been recruited into the 180 cadet corps currently operating in educational institutions across the country.
The cadet corps are made up of the army, navy, police, airforce and fire service.
The Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, made this known when he inaugurated a seven-member committee to plan for the 48th International Air Cadet Exchange Association (IACEA) conference to be hosted by Ghana in September this year.
The event, which will be held from September 27 to October 2, 2009, will be attended by the 21 member countries of the IACEA.
The event in Ghana will be the first time an African country is hosting the conference. The event was held in Hong Kong last year.
The seven-member committee is chaired by Mr Charles Aheto-Tsegah, Director of Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Ministry of Education.
The others are: Mr Kweku Rockson, acting Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism; Mr P.A.K. Danyo, Assistant Director at the Ministry of Education; Mr N.N. Tettey-Amarteifio, National Cadet Co-ordinator; Ms Doris Kuwornu, Director of Corporate Affairs at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation; Nii Lantey Quarcoopome of the Funds, Procurement and Management Unit of the Ministry of Education and Ms Monica Blebo, a Communications Consultant.
Mr Tettey-Enyo said the government would ensure that more cadet corps were established to promote discipline in schools, and that school heads should not hesitate to contact the ministry in that regard.
“The time has come for us as a people to come together to fight indiscipline in society and be conscious of time in all our endeavours. We can achieve this successfully by encouraging the formation of more of these cadet corps in our educational institutions,” he said.
Mr Tettey-Enyo said the government and the ministry would ensure the successful hosting of the event.
The Chairman of the committee, Mr Aheto-Tsegah, thanked the ministry for entrusting them with the task of planning for the conference and gave the assurance that the members would work successfully to justify the confidence reposed in them.