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What is NCC

NCC is the Indian military cadet corps wing of the Indian armed forces. NCC offers training to the students of schools and colleges. This is not compulsory training for all students. The duration of this training program is 3 years. During the training of NCC, candidates get the basic military training. This training is conducted to develop the interest of young students in all three forces; the army, the navy and the air force of India. NCC offers the platform to the students so that they could check their abilities to join the Indian Defence Services. That’s why one of the benefits of the NCC certificate is that the candidate gets some relaxation during army selection.

Benifits of joining NCC

We have already mentioned that joining NCC develops interpersonal skills of the students. NCC training helps students who want to join Indian Arm Forces but it’s not the compulsion to the trainee to join any part of Indian Army after completion of the training. Benefits of NCC also includes self-discipline and problem-solving skills.

The main benefits of NCC apart from personality developing skills, is the certificate you get. After completion of training and fulfilling other conditions like attendance etc, the candidate gets the certificate from the NCC. Based on the duration of the training, NCC offers three types of certificates. Here is the detail of the NCC certificates.

‘B’ Certificate
‘C’ Certificate

Here are the detailed benefits of NCC certificates.

‘B’ Certificate

A candidate achieves the ‘B’ certificate after attending one training camp and spending 1-2 years in the junior wing. A candidate must have 75% of attendance in NCC training in the senior wing to get the ‘B’ certificate.

The benefits of NCC certificate ‘B’ help the students who want to join Indian Army as ‘Jawan’. The biggest benefit of NCC certificate ‘B’ is that now you can enroll for the ‘C’ certificate of NCC which is very useful. Trainees also get some extra marks in the department of telecommunication and few other public sectors after achieving ‘B’ certificate in NCC.

‘C’ Certificate

To get the ‘C’ certificate the candidate must have got a ‘B’ certificate. He/she must have attended minimum 75% of total training parade. He must be in the third year of training and have attended minimum 2 national pieces of training.

The ‘C’ certificate is the most important certificate of NCC training. When we talk about the selection procedure of armed forces, the benefits of NCC certificate ‘C’ always give an advantage to the candidate.

Have a look at the benefits of NCC certificate ‘C’

Indian Army

In every regular course of the Indian Military Academy (IMA), 32 vacancies are reserved for the ‘C’ certified NCC candidates. But to join IMA it’s a must for all the candidates to be declared successful by the Services Selection Board.

The cadets with ‘C’ certificate are exempted from CDS examination conducted by UPSC. But for this, the cadet must have ‘A’ or ‘B’ grade in ‘C’ certificate.

NCC ‘C’ certification offers you 10–15 bonus marks in paramilitary forces recruitment i.e. BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB etc. If you have NCC ‘C’ certificates then your written exam will be waived off for the post of Soldier GD.

Public Sector

Many organizations from the public sector give advantages to the cadets with ‘C’ certification like Indian Airlines, Pawan Hans Ltd, The National Small Industries Corp. Ltd. And many more.

How many marks does the NCC 'C' Certificate score in the written examination of CDS?

For the posts of officers, some posts are reserved for ‘C’ Certificate candidates from NCC in the Armed Forces. For NCC ‘C’ Certificate, the candidate needs to complete three years in NCC Senior Division. For some exams, they are also required to pass written exam and SSB, while for some exams, passing only SSB is considered to be a necessary criterion. Here we are giving you information about the marks obtained in the written examination in various armed forces on the basis of ‘C’ certificate, so that you can prepare accordingly.

Army

NCC ‘C’ Certificate holders will be required to appear in the UPSC exam to get commission in the Army through IMA and OTS. However, 32 vacancies in each regular course of IMA are reserved for holders of NCC-C certificate who have passed the UPSC entrance exam and have been declared successful by the Services Selection Board. Candidates holding NCC-C certificate seeking admission in Sol (GD) are exempted from appearing in Part-I of the written examination and will be placed at the top of the merit list. As far as Sol Clk / SKT / Tech / NA is concerned, they will not be exempted from appearing in Part-1 of the written examination, but a bonus of 10% of the total marks earned in the written examination for overall placement in the merit list. Points will be awarded.

It is to be noted that out of the NCC cadets who have passed the UPSC examination and SSB, 32 cadets will be selected for IMA training beyond the general merit list position, which comes to 64 vacancies every year.

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