NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, MAY 7
The decision to induct NCC as an elective subject in educational institutions in the country will immensely benefit Cadets, especially those from the remote and border areas. The path-breaking move, hailed unanimously as being futuristic, will immensely benefit the Cadets, including those from border areas where additional Cadet Strength has been authorized as part of the overall Border Areas Expansion Plan. This will offer a major advantage to the Cadets, especially those appearing in B and C Certificate Examinations which are awarded after stipulated training period, says a Defence release.
The proposed implementation, which is being planned soon, under the aegis of the Additional Director General, Gujarat Directorate National Cadet Corps, Major General Arvind Kapoor, has evoked positive response from Vice-Chancellors and officials of the Universities with whom the Group Commander of the National Cadet Corps Vallabh Vidyanagar Group, Brigadier RK Gaikwad and the Commanding Officers of the Units of the Vallabh Vidyanagar Group have interacted on the matter, to include Sardar Patel University, Anand Agriculture University, Charutar Science and Technical University, Charutar Vidya Mandal University and Gujarat Technical University. It will undoubtedly motivate our youth, who are the leaders of tomorrow to join the NCC and the Services and contribute to nation-building,the release added.
The proposal aims to make learning more holistic and skill-oriented to eventually facilitating career prospects. Pertinently, on successful completion of the course, the students are awarded credit points which will enable them to qualify for their respective degrees. The NCC syllabus for B and C Certificates is designed as per the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) of National Education Programme (NEP) 2020 which grants twenty-four credit points covering six semesters out of which a student can accrue four credits in the first two semesters and ten credits in the third and fourth semester and similarly ten credits in the fifth and sixth semester.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) had written to Vice-Chancellors of all Universities on 15 April 2021 for introduction of NCC as General Elective Credit Course (GECC) in response to the proposal mooted by the Directorate General of National Cadet Corps, New Delhi.
