Prime Minister Sushila Karki has urged the youth to be disciplined and devote themselves to the service of society and the nation.
Addressing the final graduation ceremony of the 20th Batch Senior Division National Cadet Corps (NCC) training, run by the Mid-Region Training School of the Nepali Army at Hattikhor, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East), PM Karki said youth participation and leadership roles will be more effective in society for building an advanced society.
“I especially urge and request the youth to make discipline a way of life, to consistently carry out their duty, to practise respect in life, studies, and daily service, and to translate patriotism into action,” said Prime Minister Karki on the occasion.
Calling upon the NCC graduates to present themselves as honest, dutiful and responsible citizens through their actions, she urged them to strengthen national unity and social harmony by embracing the feeling of 'I am Nepali' while respecting the diversity of languages, cultures and ethnicities.
The Prime Minister said that priority will be given from next year to increasing the number of students trained annually through the National Cadet Corps program and stated that the training has been fruitful in teaching young people duty and discipline.
"The discipline, punctuality, leadership skills and sense of patriotism taught by the NCC are lessons for life," said Prime Minister Karki.
Out of a total of 7,710 students undergoing the NCC training in the current fiscal year 2082/83, 1,080 have graduated in the senior division and 6,630 in the junior division, according to Lieutenant Colonel Dinesh Chaulagain, the Principal of the National Cadet Corps Mid-Region Training School.
In the NCC training involving students from 77 districts at four training schools, 530 students have been inducted at the National Cadet Corps' Mid-Region Training School located in Hattikhor, Kawasoti Municipality-1, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East).
NCC training aims to develop in youth a sense of national service and capacity for disaster management, social leadership, the ability to work in a team, and responsibility towards civic concerns. The NCC Mid-Region Training School has been providing regular training to hundreds of school-level students each year.
