Page 19 parental authority until the child reaches the age of majority or is declared to be of full age, the aim being to ensure the child‟s safety, health, morals, education and harmonious development. The only rights and duties which parents have are those of care, supervision and education. Thus, the preliminary draft code on the protection of children, simply by prohibiting the marriage of children, automatically abolishes the right of parents to consent to such marriages. While the draft child protection code attempts to harmonize national legislation with international instruments, it glosses over the existence early sex, which must be addressed. This is becoming a major problem, with commercials stressing condom use or remaining faithful as a means of preventing HIV/AIDS. This has caused sexual depravation and immorality among the youth, who shun early marriage. C. Minimum Age of Access to Employment Article 14, of Labour Code act 92/007 of 14 August 1992, which sets the minimum age for admission to employment at 14, implies that children ought to be in school until this age. In Cameroon, no person under 17 can be enrolled in the armed forces. However, there is still a category of age in which persons do not have a legal status and face a dilemma, because by law, they are children up to 18 years of age and adults as from 20 or 21 years of age. Thus, they need a legal status, which might be obtained through “ipso facto empowerment”. D. Access to Education The preamble to the Constitution of 18 January 1996 declares that the State shall guarantee the child‟s right to education, that primary education shall be compulsory and that the organization and supervision of education at all levels shall be the bounden duty of the State. Article 47 public schools decree 2001/041 of 19 February 2001 setting the duties and responsibilities of school administration provides for free public primary education, as decided by the President of the Republic on 10 February 2000. Each year sees the establishment and opening of all manner of schools and educational institutions, in a bid to meet the ever-increasing demand. Many development partners, including the African Development Bank, EDICEF, the Japanese government and even civil society organizations, are all involved in education in Cameroon. Constant efforts are made at quality improvement through governance (four ministerial departments are responsible for education and training - MINEDUB, MINESEC, MINEFOP and MINESUP); frequent implementation of monitoring, control and supervisory bodies; training of trainers and teachers at teachers training colleges; gradual recruitment of 1,700 part-time teachers into the public service yearly; making education more occupationally