Whats is NCC (National Cadet Corps)? How to join NCC?

What is NCC (National Cadet Corps)?

The full form of NCC is the “National Cadet Corps”. It is a youth development organization. The flag of NCC contains tricolor of Red, Dark blue, and Light Green. The Head Office of NCC is in New Delhi. It is one of the most respected organizations anyone can be a part of. It is based on three service training organizations which contain the Indian Armed Force, Navy & Air force training programs, or a platform by which an individual can reach the height of these services easily and can stand out from the crowd of ordinary people. NCC is the head-to-toe development organization that contains physical, mental, and personality development strategies. It is an overall life-changing experience where one should be! The NCC is a voluntary organization that searches and recruits cadets all over India from schools, colleges, and universities. The eligible cadet is given a few basic training in the military which helps a volunteer to proceed further with a bright future.

History of NCC (National Cadet Corps)

NCC was first introduced in Germany in the year 1666 but, In India, the NCC was formed in the year 1948, in the form of the Cadet Corp Act. During the First World War, when the British government falls short of the army. Then they introduced its first origin of NCC which were started as the “University Corps”. It was created in 1917 under the Act of Indian Defense. The main objective of this organization was to meet the shortage of the armed forces. In the year 1920, the University Corps was replaced by the University Training Corps (UTC) under the Indian Territorial Act. The main objective of UTC was to raise the status and become more attractive amongst the youth of the nation. The dress-up and attitude of the Officers and Cadets were just like an army under the UTC. To make the UTC at a national level so that more youth can acquire knowledge and military training, a committee was headed by Pandit H.N Hunzru in which he recommended creating a cadet organization that should be established in all the schools and colleges. On 15 July 1948, The Governor-General accepted the proposal, and then the National Cadet Corps was introduced and enacted under the law.

In 1949, an equal opportunity was provided to girls in schools and colleges to remove the inequality so that the girls could also perform equally in the field of NCC. This encourages them to participate in the nation.

In the years 1965 and 1971, During the Indo-Pakistan War. The NCC Cadets were on the second number to organized and assist the nation as well as the community. They play a better role in supplying the arms and ammunition to the front officers as well as to the patrol parties. The NCC Cadets join all the activities with the Civil Defense authorities during the war. Hence, this was a great achievement of NCC Cadets which proved that they have leadership quality and are contributed towards the nation in all respect.

NCC Certificates

NCC provides you with 3 types of certificates according to the level of the training. There are 3 certificates- A, B and C. Let’s have a look at them 

1. Certificate ‘A’ – NCC ‘A’ certificate is given on the completion of the first level of training. The time duration of this training is 1-2 years and done at the school level. 
2. Certificate ‘B’ – NCC ‘C’ certificate is given to the credits of senior wings and has a minimum of 75% attendance in NCC training.
3. Certificate ‘C’ – NCC ‘C’ certificate is the highest certificate which id provided to the credit who is in the third year of training and should have attended a minimum of 2 national trainings.

Benefits of NCC

The main benefits of Joining the NCC are discussed below:

1. Non-Defense Benefits: The non-defense benefits include Incentives, Scholarships, Reservations and Education, and Preferences in Security Agency which are explained below:

• Incentives: It includes many kinds of incentives which are provided to NCC Cadets by both the Central and State Government such as Daily Allowance, Incidentals, Missing Allowances, Washing and Polishing, Refreshments and many more.
• Scholarships: It also contains many kinds of scholarships. To emphasize and motivate the Cadets, the government provide them different scholarship programs and the “Best Cadet Award” to raise their spirit.  If in case, there is a cause of death during the NCC activity. Their family will also be provided with financial assistance.
• Reservation and Education: In many colleges state entrance exams, the reservation for the NCC Cadets are already present.
• Preferences in Security Agency: There are many governments and private sector agencies including The RELIANCE GROUP provide preference to NCC Cadets for the post of security.

2. Defense Benefits: The NCC Cadets holding the C-Certificate have the golden opportunity to join the Defense Forces as a Commission Officer. Both males and females can take special advantage of this service without qualifying for the entrance exam. One can directly appear for the SSB Interview.

On the other hand, If we talk about other ranked recruitment in NCC, A cadet with A Certificate can get 5 marks A Cadet with B-Certificate get 10 marks additionally. While, If A Cadet is having C-Certificate then one does not need to give Common Entrance Exam(CEE). Moreover, If comes to specific benefits of C-Certificate A cadet will get 5-10 bonus marks in sailors or airmen while 2- 10 bonus marks in paramilitary forces. Despite this, A cadet will also get some extra marks in the recruitment of Department Of Telecommunication. They will be given preferences in some specific states as the State Police, Home Guard, or another different department. A cadet with C-Certificate has a chance to become an Officer as well as Civilian Gliding Instructor, Girl Cadet and whole time Lady Officer as well.

3. Non- Tangible Benefit: In NCC, as a cadet despite learning military exposure you will also learn a lot of different things. NCC provides you to develop leadership quality, personality development, and a different way to live your life for the sake of the nation & for the motive of having the best feeling in the world.

Motto of NCC (National Cadet Corps)

The main motto of NCC is “Unity and Discipline” The motto of NCC took place in the 11th Central Advisory Committee meeting which was held on 11th August 1978, after discussing lots of mottos of NCC in the meetings, At last, the committee finally decided the motto of NCC as Unity & Discipline in the 12th Central Advisory meeting which was held on 12th October 1980.

In NCC, The meaning of Unity refers to the youth who came and participated in NCC from different states, religions,  backgrounds, languages,  prospects but united together. While the discipline in NCC refers to the training of the youth for properly performing any task or action.

Importance of NCC

NCC brings the feeling of contribution toward the nation in the youth moreover, it helps in providing a better platform for youth to uplift their career chances through providing them guidance, training and channelizes their energy in a constructive purpose and after completing the training program of NCC, the cadets with their achieving certificates can use their preferences and got selection based on their achievements. The NCC provides better career opportunities and preferences which can change one individual life. The main aim of NCC is to groom an individual into a good discipline and contributing him/her toward the nation as well as society.

Activities of NCC

The activities of the National Cadet Corps are of many types, some of them are as follows:

1. Institutional Training: Institutional training is conducted at schools and colleges which is associated with NCC Armed Forces Personnel and NCC Officers. This training is mainly based on the military training process to the cadets which enable them to prepare to join the armed forces. The specific purpose of this training is to provide a new way of life amongst the youth which inculcates the values of self-defense, discipline, punctuality, unity and to empower them to contribute themselves towards the nation and to build a good personality. Moreover, the Institutional training also generates the interest in the youth of adventures, thrills, excitement which attracts young cadets towards NCC.
2. Camp Training: The practice of Camp training is the basic aim of NCC through which the cadets regime a way of their life, explore the adventures and help them to develop a personality of leadership, self-confidence, and teamwork. This helps the cadets to join the camps training which also includes Annual Training Camps (ATC) and Centrally Organized Camps (COC) across India.
3. Prime Minister’s Rally: The Prime Minister’s Rally is the most prestigious moment held in NCC where the PM’s rally was introduced in every Republic Day on 26th January. In which the Honorable Prime Minister is presented with the Guards of Honor. The number of cadets who participated in PM’s Rally is 3,000 approximately.
4. Social Service And Community Development: In this activity, a volunteer gets inspired towards its social environment. This built the courage to perform multiple tasks. It teaches them the dignity of hard work and labor, motivates them to take interest in constructive work. The Social Service And Community Development Activities include Traffic Control activity, Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan, Tree Planting, Awareness of Diseases, Blood Donation, Reliefs during Disasters and many more other social services which come across.
5. Adventure-Based Learning: The Adventure is in the blood of youth. In NCC, the main aim of providing adventure activities is to bring knowledge of topography and provide them a new experience of different atmosphere which develop a discipline, the level of tolerance, built stamina, courage in the NCC Cadets. The adventure-based learning programs include Mountain Expeditions like trekking, Camel Safari, Paragliding and Parasailing, Para Basic Course, cycle and motor rallies, sea sorties, etc.
6. Sports: The NCC has a high potential facility like Hockey, Football, Shooting at a state and national level. NCC games were organized in the year 2013 which brings opportunities amongst the youth of NCC including the competition and selection at the national level.

How to Join NCC (National Cadet Corps)?

To join the NCC, one should have to face the two situations described as:

• In the first situation, by chance If NCC is in your school or college then you just need to visit your Associate NCC Officer (ANO) and discuss your interest in NCC and asked them to the process to join NCC. And it’s all done.
• In the second situation, If unfortunately, the NCC is not in your school then you need to take a step ahead and visit any other school or college having NCC. This doesn’t imply that you have to take admission to another school or college. You just have to take NCC from Open Admission in available schools and colleges. Or you might visit the Group Headquarter Unit and meet the Permanent Instructor (PI) Staff and discuss your situation to join NCC. Hence, they will directly help you to choose the school or college to join NCC by taking Open Admission for NCC or else sometimes, they directly provide you admission from their unit but, in this situation, you have to get a signed (NOC) Non-Objection Certificate from the principal of your school or college.
• To search a school, college, or Unit for NCC nearby you! You need to search for it on your phone with the help of the Google application. This can make your job easy.

Online Registration for NCC

To apply online for NCC, you must follow the steps which are discussed below:

1.  You can visit the Official Website of India  Army as joinindianarmy.nic.in 
2.  Then you have to click on Register.
3.  You just need to fill-up the form carefully and submit the following information.
4.  From there you will get your OTP number.

Hence, you will soon get your confirmation that you have successfully registered for the NCC online.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. What steps should be followed to become the NCC Officer?
Ans. To become the NCC Officer one need to have a 2-year experience in NCC as ANO or GCI or have the equal rank in Police, he/she is the holder of NCC C-Certificate and have to qualify the written exam, medical exam, personality test and in the face to face interview as well.

Q2. What kind of learning aspects of NCC?
Ans. The training of NCC includes physical activities, discipline, sports, visits, and tours in remote areas, arms training, ethics, team spirit, follow rules and orders, and many more.

Q3. What are the fees criteria in NCC?
Ans. As the NCC is a government organization of youth, you don’t need to pay anything. It is free of cost from the government.

Q4. What is the total duration of the NCC complete course?
Ans. The total duration of the NCC complete course is 3-5 years approximately.

Q5. How much salary do I get from NCC from starting to afterward?
Ans. The salary which is offered to you in the starting is 10,000 to 20,000 INR and you can get increment up to lakhs according to your post, eligibility and working period.