The Achimota School Cadet Corps on Saturday held a ceremonial parade as part of activities marking the 75th Founders’ Day celebration of the school.
The Founders’ Day is held every first Saturday in March and starts with a parade in remembrance of the founders of the school who include Sir Gordon Guggisberg, Reverend Alexander Fraser and Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey. Other activities include tree planting, a durbar and thanksgiving service.
The parade reviewed by Major General Carl Coleman, Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College was made up of 60 cadets and six officers with music provided by the Fifth Battalion of Infantry Corps of Drums.
The Cadet, commanded by school cadet Samir Bou-Chedid, a final year science student, was formed in 1955 and had contributed in furtherance of the noble objectives for setting up such corps in schools and colleges. It had since been sponsored by the Recce Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces which has provided uniforms, instructors and logistics support for training.
Maj. Gen. Coleman who is also an old Achimotan of the 1964 year-group said the formation of the cadet corps had gone a long way to produce men and women imbued with integrity, patriotism and a high sense of service to Ghana and other African countries.
“Cadets all times set good examples by refraining from acts of carelessness, insubordination, display of impudence, disrespect and unruly behaviour, which sadly to say, often characterises the conduct of some students in some institutions.”
Maj. Gen. Coleman noted that the cadet corps had more females than male students and urged more males to join since it formed the basic fundamentals of gaining admission into the Military Academy, which would soon be upgraded into a degree awarding institution.
Awards were presented to 11 members of the cadet corps for outstanding performance with the overall best student cadet and parade commander award going to Master Samir Bou-Chedid.
Source: GhanaWeb
