National Cadet Corps and its effect on developing soft skills among cadets of Tamil Nadu, South India

Soft skills are personality skills and communication abilities, which a workforce should possess, for successfully managing any type of organisation. Every employer is specifically looking for soft skills while recruiting the staff for any organisation. The National Cadet Corps (NCC), one of the largest uniform forces of India, imparts training to the NCC cadets effectively, to be good and responsible citizen and provides an excellent opportunity to develop leadership skills, communication skills, citizenship education and various other required soft skills. This paper examines the level of soft skill, developed through NCC in southern India. The sample for this study was drawn from 11 southern districts of Tamil Nadu, India, which was collected through a questionnaire, administered to a sample of 440 cadets. The study investigated 25 soft skill qualities, among the sample cadets of NCC. It was found that majority of NCC cadets developed soft skills satisfactorily.