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Passage: The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is in the process of modernising its training curriculum to make it “more contemporary and meet the aspirations of the cadets,” Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh, Director General, NCC, said on Wednesday. Speaking to The Hindu during a visit to Thiruvananthapuram, he said the revisions would be introduced soon. The NCC is placing added emphasis on community service in its training. The students’ force, the largest of its kind in the world, has also increased vacancies in adventure activities. “We have introduced simulators for activities like firing, flying, and rowing. We are also contemplating the inclusion of drone training for the cadets,” he said. One lakh cadets were added, including in Kerala, under a special programme aimed at enhancing the NCC’s reach in coastal and border areas of the country. Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Army in 1987. He took charge as the 34th Director General of the NCC in September 2021. Question: What is the Lieutenant General's future plan regarding NCC?
- To modernise the NCC training curriculum
- To make general students participate in NCC parade
- To leave NCC at the earliest
- To stop enrolment in NCC
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