School Education Minister Uday Pratap Singh said that as NCC (National Cadets Corps) strengthens the sense of discipline and patriotism among the students, its NCC activities will be expanded in the State. He said that the School Education Department will provide all possible help to the NCC organisation administratively and financially. Minister Singh was addressing the NCC State Level Advisory Committee meeting held at Mantralaya in Bhopal on Wednesday. Secretary of School Education Dr Sanjay Goyal, Major General Ajay Mahajan, and Additional Director General NCC Brigadier Rajneesh Gaur were also present at the meeting. Minister Singh said that the cadets of Madhya Pradesh have made the State proud by giving an outstanding performance at the national and state levels. He said that the State Government will extend every possible support for the development of the proposed NCC Academy in Madhya Pradesh. Secretary of School Education Dr Sanjay Goyal said that efforts will be speeded up for the construction of the academy building. In the meeting, Major General Ajay Mahajan told that at present there are 77,000 cadets in the State. The capacity will be increased by 20,320 cadets in the coming 3 years.

 

It was informed in the meeting that the State Government has allotted 20 acres of land in Samasgarh village of Bhopal for the NCC Academy. The design of the academy building will be prepared by EPCO. In Jabalpur, 40 acres of land have been allotted in Umaria village of Panagar tehsil. Land has also been obtained for the academy in Sagar. After the construction of the building, the process of drill training besides personality development will be conducted for the selected cadets in these academies. Shooting ranges will also be arranged in these academies. It was told in the meeting that a hike has been proposed in the incentive for the best-performing cadets. The incentive amount is to be increased from Rs 12.34 lakh to Rs 25 lakh. The 33rd battalion of NCC is under technical education and skill development in Sagar and Jabalpur. Reorganising this, it is to be transferred to the NCC Directorate, Bhopal. Approval on this will be taken from the State Government soon in a meeting. Discussion was also held on the filling of vacant posts in the meeting.