A 15yr old boy
dies whilst undergoing Cadet Training at the NCC Training Camp in Rantambe. The
actual circumstances of this accident or death have not been made public as
yet, but it gives rise to matters that Youth must concern themselves with.
In this blog I
refer especially to the issues that affect young people in Sri Lanka between
the ages of 15 and 35, which I do not see covered in any detail either in the
Sri Lankan blogosphere or in the Media to a degree that is needed in our
society today.
I show here the
link to the newspaper article in the Island of May 26th 2012,
referring to the death above, which brings to the forefront some issue that we
must consider in the interests of these young people.
The article
talks about over 2000 young people undergoing cadet training. I would like the
input of any young person who has recently undergone this training to comment
or send me a note of where and when he attended this and what was included in
it and his personal thoughts.
All email
addresses from which the notes come will remain confidential and if any of your
names are required to be confidential, that will also be honored as it is not
the name of the person that matters, but the circumstance of the event that
matters to the readers for them to make up their own minds about that
particular issue.
We do not have
any idea if this camp was for individual schools cadet corps that get together
from time to time for training at this center, and any points you may have
whether a 15yr old is too young to attend a camp will also be appreciated. Do
you also think if girls should attend such camps, and if so from what age, and
what minimum standards must be met, such as the number of female instructors
and the female only lodging or dormitories that respect the privacy of the
girls.
There are many
issues of interest such as these that do not get an airing anywhere and I
sincerely hope this forum will be of benefit to the writer and the reader and
so I wish this venture every success. Thank You.
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