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be used to stir and nourish the political consciousness of the
people and make and keep them aware of the welfare objectives
of the government’s planning. We must at all times ensure their
fullest support, without which our plans for their enhanced well­
being can fail. They must be refreshed by the elan which swept
them into the battle for political emancipation in order to carry
through the more exacting battle for economic freedom and
advanced social progress.
Socialism needs socialists to build it. Accordingly, we are
taking positive steps to ensure that the party and the country
produce the men and women who can handle our socialist
programme.
Those members who are to be in the forefront of the
educational drive take refresher courses in party political
teaching. The youth of the country are organized in the Young
Pioneers Movement, which is designed to give them training in
citizenship within a society which will be rooted in co-operation
and not acquisitive competition. For this end Africa needs a new
type of citizen, a dedicated, modest, honest and informed man.
A m an who submerges self in service to the nation and mankind.
A m an who abhors greed and detests vanity. A new type of man
whose humility is his strength and whose integrity is his great­
ness.
Members of the Young Pioneers take part in educational and
cultural activities. They learn about the history of Ghana and
Africa, and about the present political scene in Africa. They
have their choral and dram atic groups, and attend classes in
many practical subjects. Through m anual work and self-help
schemes they are instilled with the idea of service. Physical
training, too, plays an im portant part in the movement, to teach
the virtues of team work and the need to build healthy bodies and
minds. Teachers and instructors are recruited directly from
schools and teacher training colleges for part-time work; others
are prepared at the Party’s training centre, the Kwame Nkrumah
Institute at W inneba, which is responsible for the Party’s general
political education.
All, from members of the Central Committee, Ministers and
high party officials to the lowest propagandist in the field, pass
through a course at the Institute. Farmers, factory workers, and