Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has approved the proposal to introduce National Cadet Corps (NCC) as an elective subject in colleges and schools in the State.
An official spokesman of the State Government on Sunday said that Director General, School Education and Secretary, Haryana Board of School Education, Bhiwani have been directed to introduce NCC as an elective subject in the curriculum of classes VIII, IX and X.
He said that the University Grants Commission has been urged to select atleast one State University from Haryana where NCC may be introduced as an elective subject at under graduate level in the colleges.
The spokesman said that the Director General, Health Services, has been directed to provide free medical assistance to the NCC Cadets, if needed, during the camps. Government hospitals are already providing vaccination for Chicken Pox to the NCC Cadets, he added.