THE MILAT/MYPART ACADEMY

Monday, March 8, 2010

IN THE BEGINNING

A few photographs from our archives as we draw near to our third anniversary in May...

1: The refurbishment work on Cadet dormitory in early 2007.

2: Orientation session for prospective Cadets at CCC Headquarters.

3: Preparing our hallways.

4: Inspection of facilities in May 2007 by The Minister of National Security Senator the Honourable Martin Joseph, Minister in the Ministry of National Security The Honourable Fitzgerald Hinds, and the Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier Edmund Dillon.

5: The touring party being guided by the Programme Director MILAT/MYPART, Captain (now Major) David R. Benjamin.

6: A section of the senior Cadets with military staff.

7: The MILAT/MYPART contingent at the 31st August 2007 Emancipation Day Parade in Port of Spain.

THE MILAT/MYPART ACADEMY - AN OVERVIEW

History was made on the 16^th of April 2007 when the first intake of Cadets to the Military Led Academic Training (MILAT) and Military Led Youth Programme of Apprenticeship and Reorientation Training (MYPART) stepped smartly into the compound of the Old Mausica Teachers Training College to begin their three year residency in the first (and to this date only) such military led youth programme in the Caribbean.

Conceptualized in our local context by the Prime Minister, this unique social intervention under the umbrella of the Specialized Youth Services Programmes (SYSP) seeks to address the ever increasing despondency of youth from dysfunctional backgrounds by providing them with a safe, structured and regulated setting within which a second chance at ambitions, hopes and dreams could be nurtured.

With over forty five years of experience in creating this very environment, the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment was the obvious facilitator to be tasked with this challenging intercession.

Presently at the Academy two intakes designated by year of entry (0701, 0901) cohabit on campus. The senior cadets of the MILAT and MYPART programmes are currently in the third year of their programme and are scheduled to graduate in June 2010. The second intake inducted last year are midway through their Foundation Year, experiencing an in house curriculum of military and academic instruction, after which assignment to two further years of either the MILAT or MYPART stream of instruction will then take place in four months time.

The ultimate goal of the MILAT and MYPART programmes is to effect training, certification, and most critically positive character development in the lives of the youth most at risk in our nation. After three years, we aim to repatriate into society a model citizen epitomizing the values of respect, personal responsibility, leadership, and filled with confidence that he can make a positive contribution to national development, reflecting the same personal transformation he has undergone in our care for three years.

THE MILAT/MYPART ACADEMY

Monday, March 8, 2010

IN THE BEGINNING

THE MILAT/MYPART ACADEMY - AN OVERVIEW

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