NATIONAL CADET CORPS [N.C.C.]

Introduction

There is no dearth of recruits in India. The real problem is to find suitable candidates for selection as comissioned officers. To meet this difficulty, military training has been made compulsory for all able-bodied male undergraduates in colleges, since 1963. The National Cadet Corps imparts military training to boys and girls in schools and colleges. The National Cadet Corps can now act as an inexhaustible reservoir of potential officers for the Armed Forces of India.

Description

The full form of the abbreviation N.C.C. is National Cadet Corps. India has the largest cadet corps in the world with strength as more about 30 lakh cadets. The National Cadet Corps consist of three Divisions-Senior, Junior and Girls. The first two Divisions are composed of three Wings-Army, Navy and Air Force. The Army wing has units of various Corps-Armoured Artillery Engineers, Signallers, Infantry, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Medical Personnel. The cadets are given basic military training. Cadets of technical units receive specialised training. The N.C.C. Academy at Purandhar runs special courses for N.C.C. Officers. The N.C.C. College for Women at Gwalior trains lady N.C.C. Officers.

N.C.C. Organisation in your school

I am a student of Class X in the Muncipal High School, Uditnagar, ROurkela. There is an NC.C. Organization in our school. It consists of sixty young cadets. They are the students of all the classes from VIII to X. They have been supplied with N.C.C. dress, N.C.C. uniform and badge and one N.C.C. teacher. Sri Bikash Kumar Pradhan is a trained. N.C.C. hand. He trains the young cadets of our school. The cadets attend the N.C.C. classes everyday. They do mass parade twice a week. They are supplied with refreshment on such days. They are provided with washing-cost of their dress. In holidays the cadets go to different places and set their camps. There they do mockfights. In school it is a magestic sight to see the cadets parade along the school field. The military drums and bugles add to their stare and majesty. Our School N.C.C. is an ideal corps of cadets.

Conclusion

Cadet means a young military student. The members of N.C.C. are trained in military discipline, a quality which is highly necessary for all. They also learn the rudiments of fighting process, so that they can be able to join our Armed Forces without any difficulty.