3,000 NCC cadets participate in ‘A’ certificate examination

‘A’ certificate examination was conducted in six battalions of the NCC Group, Jalandhar, in which cadets from more than three thousand schools participated.

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Exams were held at 15 centres in Jalandhar, Phagwara, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala.

In the two years of NCC training, a 10-day camp is mandatory, only then the cadets can appear for the ‘A’ certificate examination.

Colonel Vinod Joshi said 600 cadets of 2 Punjab NCC Battalion, Jalandhar, participated in the NCC examination. A total of 578 NCC cadets appeared for their examinations in Lyallpur Khalsa College and 64 cadets appeared for their examinations in Government Senior Secondary School Tanda. Colonel Joshi said written examination of 350 marks and practical examination of 150 marks were conducted in a single day. Cadets are given examinations on discipline and unity along with 25 other subjects. The main objective is to make the youth responsible citizens and to awaken the spirit

of patriotism.

Every year ‘A’ certificate examination is held in January all over India. B and C certificate examinations are held in February.

At Lyallpur Khalsa College, 14 associate NCC officers and five care taking officers from several schools were present with the cadets. Practical training includes drill, disassembling and assembling weapons, map reading, field craft and battle craft.