Jammu Kashmir. The Indian Army will be sponsoring undergraduate courses and school education to selected children and youth from the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in residential schools and colleges functioning under the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) across the country, as part of Operation Sadbhavana. The initiative is aimed at providing quality education to deserving candidates from the Union Territories and offer them opportunities and exposure to acquire requisite competence and capability for a secure future.
A total of 100 seats (50 each) have been earmarked for boys and girls of classes VIII and IX in two Army Public Schools (APS) at Beas (Punjab) and Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) for the academic year 2021-22. From 2022-23 onwards, these 100 seats will include seats in Army Public Schools in Dhaula Kuan (New Delhi), Noida (UP) and Dagshai (HP).
Six vacancies (two each) in professional colleges at Bengaluru (Army Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology and Army Institute of Fashion Design) and Guwahati / Jalandhar (Army Institute of Nursing / Army College of Nursing) respectively will be made available in academic year 2021-22.
The colleges will offer Bachelors’ Degrees in Hospitality, Fashion Design (only girls) and Nursing (only girls). From 2022-23 onwards, two additional seats each will be provided in Army’s Management institution at Kolkata / Greater Noida (UP) and Army Institute of Education (only girls) at Greater Noida (UP). The students will be offered MBA and B Ed / B Ed Special Education (only girls) courses in these colleges.
Domiciled residents of J&K and Ladakh, sponsored by HQ Northern Command will be eligible for admissions during academic year 2021-22. However, every candidate should have passed the qualifying exam relevant to specific field of education. In addition, all aspirants will have to appear in an admission test from next year onwards.
The scheme offers a novel opportunity to deserving children and youth from Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh to shape their future into dream career by studying in country’s best schools and colleges with stellar faculty, innovative pedagogy, immersive experience and state-of-the-art infrastructure.
Army renamed its goodwill school after Shaurya Chakra awardee rifleman
Srinagar. The Army on Tuesday renamed its goodwill school in Lolab of Kupwara district after Shaurya Chakra awardee rifleman Abdul Hamid Chara, who was martyred in a counter-terrorism operation in 2000.
“In an initiative to give a befitting tribute to a gallant son of Lolab, Rifleman Abdul Hamid Chara, Shaurya Chakra, a renaming ceremony of Army Goodwill School was held today (Tuesday) at Chandigam.”
Srinagar-based PRO Defence Col Emron Musavi said chara made the supreme sacrifice in Lolab while fighting terrorists. Abdul Hamid Chara, of the 162 Territorial Army battalion, remains embedded in the larger conscience of the locals as a hero who fought against hardcore terrorists in the year 2000 during a counter-terrorism operation while he was serving with the 18 Rashtriya Rifles battalion.
Chara was singularly responsible for neutralising a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, identified as Mussa, while fighting against heavy odds.
“To honour the brave son of Lolab, AGS Chandigam was renamed as Hamid Chara Army Goodwill School, Chandigam. Unveiling of the School name was done by Gulshan Akhtar, wife of the late rifleman,”
