Cadet Corps

To develop loyalty, respect, obligations, duties, leadership and adventurous spirit in all OLA Girls’ Cadet Corps.

The OLA Girls’ Cadet Corps was formally established in the year 2009 with the brain initiative of Bishop Peter Atuahene and materializing into reality by Rev. Sr. Marther Davis, the then Headmistress of the school. She achieved this through the help of Mr. Kwarteng Anthony a staff of the school now of blessed memory. He later left it in the safe hands of Mr. Ebenezer Opuni Akyereko, a former staff of the school.  The Tepa Senior High School Cadet was instrumental during the inauguration of the Cadet Corps in 2009. During the same period, there were series of visits from the Northern Command of the Ghana Army to ascertain our insertion into full operation.

MISSION AND OBJECTIVES

 MISSION

To develop loyalty, respect, obligations, duties, leadership and adventurous spirit in all OLA Girls’ Cadet Corps.

 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

  1. To sustain a vibrant and effective corps in ever-changing society to produce discipline young person
  2. To inculcate in them the Cadet spirits of patriotism and commitment to the nation
  3. To bring infirmity in our operations in sync with best practices everywhere
  4. To improve upon the Cadet personal leadership, qualities, skills and self-dependent

 

COMPOSITION

The Cadet has two Masters in Charge; MIC Daniel Mantey and MIC Williams Acheampong. We have eight officers and about sixty contingents, a band and colour party

ACTIVITIES

  1. Internal activities

The cadet has undertaken many activities in the school including guarding and maintaining discipline whenever the school is having any program such as SRC week celebration, PTA Meeting, Sporting Activities etc.

  1. External activities

The school Cadet has played and participated in many activities organized in the District as well the Region. Notable among them are the Independent Day Celebrations organized every year. A hiking exercise organized by Ahafo Cadet Command on Saturday, 7th September, 2019 which took place at Ahafoman Senior High School. A steeplechase exercise at Hwidiem Senior High School on 26th November, 2022.

2nd Central Sector Cadet Corps Inter Second Cycle Institutions Drill and Band Competition which was organized by the Central Sector Cadet Headquarters on Saturday, 27th April, 2024 and took place at Kumasi 4BN.

CHALLENGES FACING THE OLA GIRLS’ CADET

  1. The Cadet has insufficient uniforms
  2. The Cadet lacks a set of trumpets and inadequate band to carry out their activities.

The management of OLA Girls’ Cadet would like to use this timely opportunity to plea for assistance to whoever would like to support these young ladies in instituting discipline and building in them their desire into entering any of the security services aiding to them serve mother Ghana.

APPRECIATION

The Cadet wishes to express their profound gratitude to the management of the school for always being there to support their activities especially our Commander in Chief of OLA Girls’ Cadet Corps Rev. Sr. Antoinette Abiwu.

Our next appreciation goes to our MP, Honorable Patrick Bannor for his numerous supports to our school, specifically the school’s Cadet; we say, we are most grateful and he should continuously be of help to us. At this point, we would like to appreciate the entire staff; may God bless us all.

Thank you