Under the youth exchange Programmes boys and girls have been to Canada, Singapor, Australia, UK, Bangladesh and Srilanka on a reciprocal basis. At the national level cadets has participated in the all India shooting competitions and other such events.

Cadets of the Bangladesh National Cadet Corp during the independence day celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 26, 2006. Millions of Bangladeshis celebrated 35 years of their country's independence from Pakistan amid tight security on Sunday with parades, concerts and sports events. On March 26, 1971, Bangladesh, then East Pakistan, declared independence following a brutal military crackdown ordered by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)

BNCC a para military national inistitution establish with the aim of developing moral standardsand leadership qualities in young men and women. Its guiding principles are knowledge,discipline and unity.

President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam receiving a memento from Lt Gen MC Bhandari, DG, National Cadet Corps

Brig WJB Sturgeon reviewing the attestation parade of jawans of 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) and 8 Gorkha Rifles and the remaining 100 recruits belonged to Assam Rifles.

NCC annual combined camp ends

The ten-day combined annual training camp of the National Cadet Corps organised by the 13 Bengal Bn NCC at Jenkins School and Maharaja Nripendra Narayan High School in Cooch Behar concluded yesterday. 516 cadets of different units attended the camp. Group Commander Col MS Gaur visited the camp on 26 June and encouraged the cadets.

The participating cadets practiced various activities including military and non-military ones and cultural and social awareness programmes were also conducted during the camp days according to the camp adjutant Surajit Kumar Dhar. (END

History of BNCC


The British government formed the University Corps (UC) in various universities of India in 1920. In 1923, this was renamed as University Training Corps (UTC). In 1928 an UTC company named 12 Dhaka Company was raised in Dhaka University. After independence from the British, this company was raised to a Battalion in 1950 and was renamed as University Officers Training Corps (UOTC). Subsequently, the UOTC programme was extended to Chittagong and Rajshahi Universities. In 1966, the programme was extended to few colleges with the name Junior Cadet Corps (JCC). The UOTC cadets took active part in the Liberation War of 1971 and a few of them laid down their lives that the BNCC proudly remember. After liberation, the activities of the UOTC continued as before. In 1976, the programme was extended to the schools with the name Bangladesh Cadet Corps (BCC). Later in 1979, President Ziaur Rahman united UOTC, JCC and BCC to form Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC). His vision in forming the BNCC was that the youth of the country would devote themselve in development works in peacetime and form the second line of defence forces of the country during emergency.