'89,000 NCC cadets in state'
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 17 2011:
Manipur's NCC strength has reached 89,000 cadets out of the country's 13 lakh cadets.
The main objective of NCC is not only to make the students an elite soldier but to make them a perfect person.
This was stated by Deputy Director General, North East Region, Brigadier BS Sambyal SM in a press meet held at the Gp HQ NCC Imphal, DM College Complex, Imphal.
Brigadier BS Sambyal was visiting Manipur as an annual visit to take stocks of the situations of NCC in the state.
He said that NCC is imparting training on discipline, patriotism and social values.
Special camps of Mountaineering, Adventure Courses and National Integration are organized for the cadets.
There are plans to set up naval wing of NCC in the whole NE states, he said.
Every cadet should at least have the C certificate of NCC since there are special preferences for such cadets during recruitments in various government jobs, he said.