Importance of NCC and Benefits of NCC Certificates

Benefits of NCC Certificate: The National Cadet Corps, shortly known as NCC, is the Indian military cadet corps, having the headquarters at New Delhi. It is available to all school and college students voluntarily.

The National Cadet Corps is a Tri-Services Organization comprising of Army, Navy, and Air Force.

The National Cadet Corps, shortly known as NCC, is the Indian military cadet corps, having the headquarters at New Delhi.

It is available to all school and college students voluntarily. The National Cadet Corps is a Tri-Services Organization comprising of Army, Navy, and Air Force.

NCC is involved in preparing the youth of the country into disciplined and dedicated citizens.

NCC is dedicated to changing cadets’ typical school or college life to an adventurous and exciting journey of 3 years by teaching them to push limits at every angle of life and set priorities accurately.

NCC training offers many benefits to cadets. First, it applies the army discipline to the cadet’s life for which everyone looks.

Second, after attending more than 75% of NCC training, cadets get a certificate from NCC according to their level.

These certificates contribute to the student’s career. As many people don’t know the benefits of the NCC, we have written this article in which we introduce the NCC and its benefits.

The National Cadet Corps is the Indian military cadet corps wing of the Indian armed forces.

NCC provides training to students of schools and colleges. The training of NCC takes three years to complete.

During the movement of NCC, cadets get all basic military training, which is conducted to develop the interest into the students into all three Indian forces.

NCC gives a great platform to students to check their ability to join Indian forces, and they can prepare to enter based on the capabilities.

This is one of the benefits to NCC students. They can relax during the army selection. The main aim of the National Cadet Corps is to develop well-organized, motivated, and trained youth.

The NCC creates the soldiers for the nation and creates the leadership quality for the child.

Any student in India either girl or boy can join NCC. There are two wings in NCC namely the junior wing and senior wing. Below are the details about both wings.

• Candidate Must be a Citizen of India or a subject of Nepal
• Candidate should have a good moral character
• Candidate must be enrolled in an educational institution
• Students should meet the prescribed medical standards
• Age Criteria to join the Junior Division/Wing – 12 to 18½ years
• Age Criteria to join the Senior Division/Wing – Maximum 26 years

To join the Junior wing of NCC minimum age is 13 years. the enrollment period of this training for the junior wing is 2 years.

To join NCC, candidates need to contact their headmaster or principal of his/ her school.

The student can also contact the nearest NCC unit commanding officer if the school of the candidate is not having an NCC training facility.

The minimum age required of the candidate to join the senior wing is 26 years, the three-year enrollment period for this training.

To join the Senior branch of NCC, candidates need to follow the same procedure explained in the junior wing.

The joining process of NCC is straightforward. The NCC authorities also want the youngster to be a part of the NCC.

NCC candidates get several benefits from joining it that positively affect their personality and prepare them for defense services.

In the article, you will get information about the several benefits of NCC.

NCC mainly helps the aspirant get a career start in the defense sector; the training of NCC helps the candidate to the selection in the defense sector.

The NCC candidate gets some relaxation in the civil services. If you attend the defense and civil services career counseling, joining NCC is the topmost suggestion for candidates from the respective counselor.

As mentioned above, the interpersonal skills improved by joining NCC.

The training of the NCC helps students who are willing to join the Indian arm forces, while it is not the compulsion to the cadet to enter only the arm forces after the completion of the training.

The benefits to the cadet after NCC training improves self-discipline and problem-solving skill.

The other significant advantage of NCC training apart from the personality developing talent is the certificate you get.

After completing training and meeting other conditions like attendance, the cadet receives the certificate from the NCC.

The NCC offers three types of certificates based on the duration of the training. Below are the details of the NCC certificates.

• A Certificate
• B Certificate
• C Certificate

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As with the other NCC certificates, this ‘A’ certificate is not helpful in government jobs.

The benefit of this certificate is that it clears the way to get the ‘B’ Certificate, and also it gives you a glimpse of the Indian army.

To get the ‘A’ Certificate, trainees must have to complete 1-2 years of training in the junior wing and attend one NCC training camp.

To get the ‘B’ certificate, the cadet must complete the 1-2 year of training in the junior wing and attend one NCC training camp.

In addition, a cadet must have more than 75 percent attendance in the NCC training in the senior branch to get the ‘B’ certificate.

One of the NCC “B” certificates helps students who want to join the army as a “Jawan.” Once you get the “B” certificate, you can enroll for the “C” certificate, which is very useful.

This one also benefits the ‘B’ certificate. Once you get the NCC ‘B’ certificate, the trainees get some extra points in the telecommunication department and few more public sectors.

Once you got the ‘B’ certificate, the way to achieve the ‘C’ certificate opens for you.

It means the student must have a ‘B’ certificate and 75% of the total training parade to get the ‘C’ certificate.

To get the ‘C’ certificate, the candidate must be in the third year of training and must have attended two national pieces of training minimum.

The selection procedure of the armed forces always gives an advantage for the candidate having the ‘C’ certificate. The ‘C’ certificate is the most important certificate of training of NCC.

There are 32 vacancies reserved for candidates having an NCC ‘C’ certificate in every regular course of the Indian Military Academy (IMA).

But all candidates must be declared successful by the ‘Service Select Board to join the Indian Military Academy.

The candidates who have the NCC ‘C’ certificate are exempted from the CDS examination conducted by UPSC.

Still, there is one condition candidate must have the ‘A’ or ‘B’ grade mentioned in the NCC ‘C’ certificate.

In the paramilitary forces requirement, i.e., BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, etc. The NCC ‘C’ certificate offers you 10-15 bonus points.

The exam for the post Soldier GD will be suspended if you have NCC ‘C’ certificates.

If the candidate has the NCC ‘C’ certificate, he will get the extra 15 points for the Artificer Apprentices and six different thresholds for the sailor’s job.

Like the Indian Army, the Indian Navy also reserved nine vacancies for the candidate having the NCC ‘C’ certificates.

To get recruitment done for these vacancies, the only condition is the candidate must have done B.Sc. in physics or math’s.

The candidates of B.E are also eligible for these vacancies. The mandatory age group of the candidate is between 19 to 24.

Also, the candidate must have passed by SSB exempted from the CDS examination of UPSC.

The NCC ‘C’ certified candidates get the advantage of 5 marks. For the NCC cadets a total of 10% of vacancies for the Pilot course.

The many organizations from the public sector like Indian Airlines and many more give advantages to the candidate with the NCC ‘C’ certificate.

The NCC certificate considers by many companies in the private sector also.

When you go for the job or an interview with mentioned NCC certificate in your resume, it gives an idea about your personality.

So The Germinate suggests students join NCC, not for the job in the Indian armed forces but to develop their personality and live a disciplined life.