NCC, Kyrgyz Republic MoU for youth exchange programme

The National Cadet Corps and Krygyz Republic have joined hands for a youth exchange programme to create awareness and appreciation of socio-cultural and socio-economic realities prevailing in each other's countries.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed late last year.
"Presently, NCC has youth exchange programme with 10 friendly countries, which include Bangladesh, Sri Lanka. We then also entered into MoUs with Centra Asian countries like Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and now Kyrgyz Republic," Director General of the NCC, Lt Gen Vinod Vashisht said addressing a press conference here to mark the commencement of the NCC Republic Day Camp at Delhi Cantonment.

"We are hoping that 1-2 cadets would be part of it initially, and more of them later. We hope this MoU shall also pave the way for better understanding and cooperation with the Kyrgyz government," he added.
The other countries with which the NCC has signed MoUs are--Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Russia, Singapore, and Vietnam.
The representatives of the countries, with whom we have entered into MoU, are also likely to visit the camp, he said.

The DG further said that "This year, the camp would also seek to identify talented cadets and groom them for facilitating their selection for the armed services."

The camp, which resembles a 'mini-India' would in the next few weeks would be visited by various dignitaries including the Vice President, Defence Minister and the chiefs of three armed forces, and later by the Prime Minister.
Lt Gen Vashisht also enumerated the achievements of the organisation in the year gone by.
"An all-girl NCC expedition group successfully scaled the Mt Everest in May this year, which has also been registered in the Limca Book of Records. The girls in the age-group of 17-21, achieved the feat in two teams, on May 21 and May 22," he said.
Asked, what percentage of cadets opted for career in armed forces, he said, "We are not able to fulfill the target in this regard, but the purpose of imparting training is to offer them motivated leadership for all walks of life."

"Some of them want to be engineers and doctors, and chose other careers. Armed forces career is not binding, and NCC develops a sense of discipline and character that allows the cadets to excel in any chosen field," he added.