Two high flying teens Cadet Sergeants Kyle Scott and Michael Kerr have been celebrating success this week as they collected BTEC Awards.

While the Cadet movement is more usually associated in the public mind with physical challenges and acquiring military skills, the BTEC First Diploma in Public Service is evidence that these teenagers are well up for academic achievements too!

Congratulating the teenage award recipients, Colonel Derek Smyth OBE, Chairman of the Joint Service Cadet Committee for Northern Ireland said they had been bowled over by the success of this year's BTEC programme.

"The BTEC First Diploma in Public Service is a generally recognised and widely respected Level Two qualification, roughly equivalent to four GCSEs. Attaining this Award is a considerable achievement and one that will be recognised not just by all of us in the Cadet movement but also by future employers.

"It is a significant addition to a young person's CV and an indication of some of the excellent work undertaken by Cadets".