Cadets (youth program)

These programs are aimed to provide youths with activities associated with military or paramilitary training, including drills, physical fitness, and education.

The cadet corps has 200 members and falls under the direct command of a regular officer of the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, cadets of this organisation played an important role as freedom fighters, with several casualties.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police maintains a similar youth program in partnership with Scouts Canada called the RCMP Rovers and Ventures.

[4][5] For NPCC, Secondary One students officially attain the rank of Cadet at their Area's Swearing-In Ceremony.

The National Cadet Corps presently consists of 9 Provincial Headquarters, 2 Training Centres, and 30 Battalions deployed island wide.

The Cadet Corps was initiated in 1881 by John B. Cull at Royal College, Colombo as a platoon attached to the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers with the intention of inculcating discipline in students through drill.

The NCC is headed by a Director of a senior military rank, commonly a Major General, who is appointed by the president of Sri Lanka.

Traditionally the Cadet Corps has served as a source for officers for the regular forces of the Sri Lankan military.

South Africa has a long history of having cadets, with many schools having their own corps,[6] however after the end of apartheid they were phased out.

Students enrolled in military-themed secondary education academies or school programs, like the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, are also referred to as cadets.