Minister Jerome Dill.

Yesterday Mr. Dill inspected CADET -- the Centre for Adolescent Development, Education and Training -- a special unit set up at Warwick Camp designed to help troublesome teenagers.

As well as getting their daily doses of maths and English, students will be spending afternoons on the parade ground in the care of Regiment staff. It is hoped that some military discipline and lessons in foot drill, first aid and leadership skills will encourage the youngsters to be well behaved.

There will be a military style roll call every morning and students will be inspected to make sure they are wearing the correct uniform.

The site consists of four classrooms which will be used by up to 30 students and seven hand-picked teachers.

Students with a history of behavioural problems will spend up to 12 weeks at the special academy before going back to their original schools.

Touring the site with education officials yesterday, Mr. Dill said: "There will be four classrooms and we expect no more than seven students in each classroom which is very small.

"That way we can ensure that we can give each child the individual attention that they need.

"The students will come from a number of different schools. We are not limiting ourselves to a particular school. When we get them into this environment, the Regiment will be providing a positive role model.

"This represents the best chance that a number of young people are going to have in their school existence. The teachers and administrators have dome all that they possibly can and are at their wits' end and the question is, what next? Well, this is next.

"We are very optimistic about this facility. It has been a while in coming because we wanted to ensure that the planning for this particular facility was very carefully conducted.'' Regiment Adjutant Captain Edward Lamb said: "We have 26 staff, all of whom have been briefed.

"The Regiment will be offering an environment where we can instil some discipline so that the students can reach their full potential.'' The school will take on its first students next month.