NCC – Elective course

National Cadet Corps (NCC) the world’s largest voluntary uniformed youth organization formally established on 15th July 1948, under XXXI Parliamentary Act. It Consists of 3 wings- Army wing, Air Wing (raised in April 1950), Naval Wing (raised in July 1952) which represents the all the three Defense Service. So far NCC has been considered as a club activity or extracurricular activity. Now the Government has taken the decision to NCC as General Elective Credit Course (GECC), this decision was taken as per the New Education Policy 2020, where students can choose their subject of interest not confined to the ones offered by the institution alone.

NCC will be GECC under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in at least 91 Universities and not as extracurricular activity. This happened as a result of letter passed by the UGC (University Grants Commission) to all the Universities on April15.

The ‘B’ and ‘C’ Certificate exam syllabus has been designed as per CBCS of NEP 2020 which provides a total of 24 credit points for 6 semesters. The students will be receiving 4 credits in semester one and two, 10 credits for third and fourth semester and rest of 10 credits for fifth and sixth semester. The current strength of NCC cadet is about 14.2 lakhs who receive basic military training under the organization.

By making NCC as an elective course it would reach out to more youth in the nation and help them get more opportunity to explore many activities.