National Cadet Corps

NCC is the largest youth organization in India governed by the Ministry of Defense that offers military training to the students of schools and colleges. With a motto “Unity and Discipline”, NCC teaches self and team discipline to the youth.

NCC has an 80-hour training year that commences along with the academic year. The training modules include drill for smart composure, weapon training for confidence, map reading for self reliance, field craft for calculations and lateral thinking, physical training for toughness, and social service for leadership and selflessness.

Shooting, cycling, and trekking activities on regular basis develop the spirit of sportsman ship in the cadets. The Annual Training Camps consolidate their training every year. The special camps and centrally organized camps like Republic Day Camp, Basic Leadership Camp, Mountaineering Camps in Himalayas, Para Jumping, Army/Navy/ Airforce attachment camps, and Youth Exchange Programme to other countries are some of the important camps that enable the cadets to see our country as a whole and thus increase their patriotism.

The B and C certificates offered by the NCC, after two-year and three-year training respectively in senior division NCC, get the ex cadets many incentives like job reservation in Armed forces and preference in many government agencies and many private organizations. Apart from the material benefits NCC makes a student a responsible and disiplined citizen of India.

MCET has a Senior Division NCC (Army) EME Unit attached to the 2 (TN) CTC Company, Coimbatore, with 52 cadet strength. Physically and mentally tough students are selected against vacancies available every year. The parades will commence in August and will be over on or before 31st January.