New Delhi: Cadets of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) will be visiting Bangladesh and Nepal next month as part of a youth exchange programme.

Ten cadets along with an officer will be on an eight-day visit to Nepal from February 29, during which they will get to meet prominent leaders of the Himalayan nation.

Another batch of ten cadets and an officer will go to Bangladesh towards March-end, coinciding with the independence day celebrations of the eastern neighbour on March 26.

"We have an understanding with a number of friendly foreign countries. We send our young boys and girls to those countries and youth from their countries visit India," Prakash S Chaudhary, Director General of NCC, said.

The cadets will also interact with local communities and experience the socio-economic and cultural realities of these countries, he said.

"Besides, through the programme the youth also come to know of the developments taking place in the country they are visiting," he said.

Similarly, Chaudhary said the foreign cadets, while on their visit to India, interact with young boys and girls here.

Asked whether there is a need to extend the programme to developed countries as well, on a reciprocal basis, he said, "Experience has been very good so far. We need to expand this in a big way."
Source : PTI