CBSE Class 12 NCC Syllabus for academic session 2026-27
This page contains the CBSE Class 12 NATIONAL CADET CORPS (N.C.C) syllabus for the academic session 2026-27, as prescribed by CBSE curriculum.
Max Marks – 70
Common Subjects
Unit-1 : National Integration and Awareness
Aim: To inculcate sense of patriotism, secular values and motivate cadets to contribute towards nation building through national unity and social cohesion
Scope: The concepts of national interests, objectives and integration, unity in diversity and cultural heritage of India
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National Interests, Objectives, Threats ad Opportunities
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Problems/ Challenges of National Integration
Unit-2 : Drill
Aim: To inculcate a sense of discipline, improve bearing, smartness, ant turnout and to develop the quality of immediate and implicit obedience of orders
Scope: All important basic aspects of drill including ceremonial drill, drill with arms and words of command
Drill with Arms
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Getting on parade with rifle and dressing at the order
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Dismissing and falling out
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Gun salute, Salami Shastra
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Squad drill
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Short/long trail from the order and vice-versa
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Examine arms
Ceremonial Drill
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Guard Mounting
Unit-3 : Weapon Training
Aim: To give elementary knowledge about rifles
Scope: Basic knowledge about rifle and firing
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The lying position, holding and aiming
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Trigger operation and firing a shot
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Range precautions and safety precautions
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Theory of group and snap shooting
Unit-4 : Personality Development and Leadership
Aim: To develop an all-round dynamic personality with adequate leadership traits to deal/ contribute effectively in all walks of life
Scope: Basic subjects of leadership with emphasis on self-awareness, life/soft skills, time management and character building
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Self-Awareness-know yourself/ insight
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Inter personal relationship and communication
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Communication skills: group discussions/ lectures
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Time management
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Interview Skills
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Sociability: Social Skills
Unit-5 : Disaster Management
Aim: To train Cadets to assist Civil administration in performance of selective duties during disasters
Scope: Basic information about civil defense organization and its duties, maintenance of essential services and providing assistance to civil administration in various types of emergencies during national disasters
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Fire Service and Fire Fighting
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Assistance during natural/ other calamities: Flood/ cyclone/ earthquake/ accident etc.
Unit-6 : Social Awareness Community Development
Aim: To teach cadets the values and skills involved in providing voluntary Social Service
Scope: Understanding of social service and its needs, knowledge about the weaker sections of our society and their requirements, about NGOs and contribution of youth towards social welfare
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NGOs – Role and contribution
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Drug abuse and trafficking
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Corruption
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Social evils viz. dowry/ female feticide/ child abuse and trafficking etc.
Unit-7: Health and Hygiene
Aim: To instill respect and responsibility towards personal health and hygiene
Scope: Basic information about maintenance of health and hygiene, sanitation, disease and an elementary knowledge of First Aid and Nursing
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Hygiene and sanitation (Personal and Food Hygiene)
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Basics of first aid in common medical emergencies
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Wounds and fractures
Unit-8 : Adventure Training and Obstacle Training
Aim: To inculcate a sense of adventure and develop confidence, courage and determination
Scope: To expose cadets to various adventure activities
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Para sailing
Unit-9 : Environment Awareness and Conservation
Aim: To sensitize the cadets on natural resource conservation and protection of environment
Scope: Basic understanding of environment in general and waste management in particular, energy conservation, pollution control and wildlife conservation in particular
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Waste management
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Pollution control water, air, noise, soil
Specialized Subject (Army)
Unit-1 : Armed Forces
Aim: To acquaint cadets with the Armed Forces
Scope: Introductory and general information about the Armed Forces
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Modes of entry in to army
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Honours and awards
Unit-2 : Map Reading
Aim: To teach cadets elementary map reading
Scope: Basic understanding of map sheets and map reading instruments and development of capability to use them to carry out simple map reading
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Cardinal points and types of North
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Types of bearings and use of service protractor
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Setting a map, finding North and own position
Unit-3 : Field Craft and Battle Craft
Aim: To teach cadets elementary field craft and battle craft
Scope: Basic field craft and battle craft
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Judging distance observation, camouflage and concealment
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Field signals
Unit-4 : Introduction to Infantry Weapons and Equipment
Aim: To introduce cadets to infantry weapon
Scope: Introduction to characteristics and capabilities of infantry weapons
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Characteristics of 5.56 INSAS rifle, ammunition, firepower, stripping, assembling and cleaning
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Organization of infantry battalion
Unit-5 : Military History
Aim: To provide knowledge of renowned Military Generals, PVCs and Indo-Pak Wars
Scope: Introduction to biographies, famous Indian battles and gallantry awards
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Indian Army War Heroes
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Study of Indo Pak wars of 1965, 1971 and Kargil
Unit-6 : Communication
Aim: To introduce cadets to latest trends in the field of communications
Scope: Types of communications and future trends
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Characteristics of walkie–talkie
Specialized Subject (Navy)
Unit-1 : Naval Orientation and Service Subjects
Aim: To impart basic knowledge about Navy
Scope: Basic knowledge, history, current organization and role of different branches
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Organization of Ships and on board organization
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Naval customs and traditions
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Modes of entry into the Indian Navy
Unit-2 : Naval War fare and its Components
Aim: To impart basic knowledge about Naval Warfare
Scope: Overview of fleet operations to include aviation, submarine operations and missiles
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Introduction to anti-submarine warfare
Unit-3 : Naval Communication
Aim: To impart basic knowledge about Naval communication
Scope: To impart basic knowledge about naval communication organization, semaphore and wearing of flags
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Introduction to Semaphore
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Phonetic Alphabets
Unit-4 : Navigation
Aim: To impart basic knowledge about navigation
Scope: Basic navigation tactics and methods and equipment used for navigation
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Navigation of ships–basic requirements
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Types of compass–gyro and magnetic, types of North
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Simple chart work
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Brief characteristics of its tides and its effects on ships
Unit-5 : Seamanship
Aim: To impart basic knowledge about navigation
Scope: Basic navigation tactics and methods
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Types of anchor, purpose and holding ground
Unit-6 : Boat Work
Aim: To impart basic knowledge about boats and its parts and steering of boats
Scope: Introduction to boats and its parts including steering of boats and boat pulling
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Demonstrate rigging of a whaler and enterprise boat and parts of a sail
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Instructions in enterprise class boat including elementary sailing rules
Unit-7 : Fire Fighting, flooding and damage control
Aim: Introduction to fire-fighting, flooding and damage control
Scope: Impart basic knowledge about fire-fighting, flooding and damage control of a ship
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Causes of damage, flooding and damage control
Unit-8 : Ship and boat modeling
Aim: To impart basic knowledge about ship modeling to cadets
Scope: To impart basic knowledge about ship construction and boat modeling.
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Types of models
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Ship model competition
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Care and handling of power tools
Specialized Subject (Air Force)
Unit-1 : General Service Knowledge
Aim: To impart basic knowledge of IAF
Scope: Organization of IAF
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Organization of Air Force
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Branches of Air Force
Unit-2 : Air Campaigns
Aim: To introduce Air Campaigns of Air Force
Scope: An overview of important campaigns
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Indo Pak War 1971
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OP Safed Sagar
Unit-3 : Aircraft Recognition
Aim: To introduce various aircrafts of the Air Force
Scope: Types, roles, variants of aircraft of the IAF
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Fighters
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Transports
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Helicopters
Unit-4 : Principles of Flight
Aim: To introduce principles of flight
Scope: To impart knowledge about basic principles on which aviation is based
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Bernauli’s theorem and Venturi Effect
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Aerofoil
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Forces on an aircraft
Unit-5 : Airmanship
Aim: To introduce the concept of airmanship
Scope: ATC Procedures and basics of aviation medicine
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ATC/RT Procedure
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Aviation Medicine
Unit-6 : Navigation
Aim: To give basic knowledge of Air navigation
Scope: Fundamentals of map reading from the air
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Requirement of navigation
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Glossary of terms
Unit-7 : Meteorology
Aim: To emphasize the need for knowledge of meteorology in aviation.
Scope: Importance, various phenomena of weather and its effects on aviation
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Importance of met in aviation
Unit-8: Aero engines
Whole Unit deleted
Unit-9 : Air frames
Whole Unit deleted
Unit-10 : Instruments
Aim: To provide knowledge of aircraft instruments
Scope: Introduction to Radars
Unit-11 : Aero-modeling
Aim: To provide knowledge about aero modeling
Scope: Materials used in different types of models. Building /Flying of aero-models