NCC as elective subject will benefit cadets: Brig Madan
Our Correspondent
Jalandhar, April 28
Brig Advitya Madan, Commander, NCC Group, Jalandhar, held a meeting with DAV University Vice-Chancellor Dr Jasbir Rishi here.
He said, “NCC will be included as an elective subject in all Indian universities. This system of NCC as an elective subject was earlier introduced pan India in 2015 in some schools which benefited a few school students. This new proposal has been an off-shoot of the National Education Policy-2020 and has further expanded its scope. Under this, NCC will be introduced as a ‘General Elective Credit Course’ in universities and colleges having NCC to make it more popular, thereby benefiting the students enrolled with NCC.”
During the meeting, Brig Madan shared the proposal of the NCC Directorate General, having wide range of positive ramifications on the life of college going NCC cadets. He communicated the extracts of the proposal addressed to the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, who in turn, has written to Vice-Chancellors of all universities in the nation.
Brig Madan said there were a total of eight universities in Jalandhar region whose students would be benefited by the game-changer policy and incidentally all of them fall under the jurisdiction of Jalandhar NCC group. These universities include Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; LPU, Phagwara; Punjab University, Chandigarh; DAV University, Jalandhar; PTU, Jalandhar; SBBS University, Padhiana; Guru Ravidas Ayurved University, Hoshiarpur; and GNA University, Phagwara.
Talking to The Tribune, Brig Madan said, “NCC cadets will benefit from this new proposal as they will be entitled to academic credit and valuable ‘B’ and ‘C’ certificates. More students will be able to avail employment incentives and benefits which are currently being offered under various Central and state government schemes.”
He said the course would be introduced in all universities and autonomous colleges across the nation which were currently having NCC troops/companies, as allotted by the NCC DG, Headquarters, including private colleges which have been allotted NCC under the ‘fully self-financed scheme’. This will ensure that credit courses do not exceed the current capacity of NCC to provide trainers and training infrastructure. This will also ensure smooth transition from the present system to credit course system.
Brig Madan told The Tribune that he’s currently pro-actively interacting with Vice-Chancellors of these universities while his team of six commanding officers had made a time-bound schedule of meeting Principals of all colleges, under their jurisdiction to disseminate this vital information of value and make them understand it’s spin-offs and advantages to all stakeholders.
