Amendment of National Service Act calls for enforcement of military training for interns

The  Ministry of  Education  has  begun working  on possible processes which  could  lead to the  amendment of  Act 426 of the National Service Scheme. 

Under the new Act, National Service Personnel are required to render mandatory service of two years including a minimum of six months military training. 

In 1995, the two year duration was changed to one year. 

Deputy Minister In Charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced this in Accra at this year's stakeholders Conference of the Ghana National Service Scheme. 

He  said  after 30 years of enacting the Act, some  processes  have  not  been duly followed  hence  the  need for  possible  amendment.  

GBC