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Indian Army Public Schools
Army Public Schools (APS) is a system of private schools established for imparting education to the children of the Indian armed forces personnel. With 137 schools throughout the country, it is one of the largest chains of schools in India. It is controlled by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), which was established in 1983, has over the years established more than 135 Army public schools and 249 Army pre-primary schools across India, and also several institutions of higher education. From a modest 20,000-student population in 1987, APSs have grown to mammoth systems with a student strength of approximately 2.3 lac and 8500 teaching staff. On an average 5000 students are added every year. Overview The schools are generally managed by the army regional commands following the CBSE pattern of education. Admission is granted on a priority basis to wards of Army personnel. All Army schools have a chairman who is a senior Indian Army officer of brigadier rank and a patron wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Welfare Education Society
Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) manages and ensures proper education facilities to children of Indian Army personnel through Local Military Authorities. Established in 1983, the society has its office at Shankar Vihar, Delhi Cantonment and over the years has opened over 137 Army Public Schools and 249 Army Pre Primary Schools across India. It has 12 professional institutions of higher education. A list of colleges and schools including Army Public Schools all across the nation in many cities, colleges pertaining to engineering, medicals, dental, management, law etc. Institutions of AWES * Army Institute Of Management & Technology (A.I.M.T), Greater Noida, established 2004 * Army College of Dental Sciences, Secunderabad * Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi * Army Institute of Management, Kolkata * Army Institute of Technology, Pune * Army Institute of Fashion Design, Bangalore * Army Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Bangalore * Army Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Board Of Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board was an experiment towards inter-state integration and cooperation in the sphere of secondary education. There are more than 27,000 schools in India and 240 schools in 28 foreign countries affiliated to the CBSE. All schools affiliated to CBSE follow the NCERT curriculum especially from class 9 to 12. The current Chairperson of CBSE is Nidhi Chibber, IAS. The constitution of the Board was amended in 1952 to give its present name, the Central Board of Secondary Education. The Board was reconstituted on 1 July 1962 so as to make its services available to students and various educational institutions in the entire country. History The first education board to be set up in India was the Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Of India
The Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of India. It consists of three professional uniformed services: the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force.—— Additionally, the Indian Armed Forces are supported by the Central Armed Police Forces, Assam Rifles, Indian Coast Guard and Special Frontier Force and various inter-service commands and institutions such as the Strategic Forces Command, the Andaman and Nicobar Command and the Integrated Defence Staff. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces but the executive authority and responsibility for national security is vested in the Prime Minister of India and their chosen Cabinet Ministers. The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India. With strength of over 1.4 million active personnel, it is the world's second-largest military force and has the world's largest volunteer army. It also has the thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four-star general. Two officers have been conferred with the rank of field marshal, a five-star rank, which is a ceremonial position of great honour. The Indian Army was formed in 1895 alongside the long established presidency armies of the East India Company, which too were absorbed into it in 1903. The princely states had their own armies, which were merged into the national army after independence. The units and regiments of the Indian Army have diverse histories and have participated in several battles and campaigns around the world, earning many battle and theatre honours before and after Independence. The primary mission of the Indian Army is to ensure national security and national unity, to defend the nation from external aggression an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prayagraj
Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrative headquarters of the Allahabad district—the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India—and the Allahabad division. The city is the judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh with the Allahabad High Court being the highest judicial body in the state. As of 2011, Allahabad is the seventh most populous city in the state, thirteenth in Northern India and thirty-sixth in India, with an estimated population of 1.53 million in the city. In 2011 it was ranked the world's 40th fastest-growing city. Allahabad, in 2016, was also ranked the third most liveable urban agglomeration in the state (after Noida and Lucknow) and sixteenth in the country. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the city. Allahabad li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Public School, Binnaguri
The Army Public School is a public high school in Binnaguri, Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India. The school is run by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) and is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education. Army Public School educates over 1,200 students in Grades I to XII with Science, Commerce and Humanities streams. History The school was founded on 3 June 1993, as a primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ..., having classes in Grades I to V. Grades VI-IX were added for 1995–96. In April 1996, the school was upgraded to Grade X. The Senior Secondary level (Grades XI and XII) was added from the academic session 2003–04. The new building was inaugurated, in April 2007, by Lt. Gen. CKS Sabu. Houses There are four houses: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Public School, Delhi Cantt
The Army Public School, Delhi Cantt is a school located in the Delhi Cantt area, in Delhi, India. It is operated under Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ... supervision under the aegis of Indian Army welfare Education society (AWES). The school was founded in 1989 and has nearly about 3700 students. Most of the students in this school are from Army Background. The school was renamed as Army Public School Delhi Cantt wef 19 March 2002. The School at present is a full-fledged Senior Secondary School from class I to XII recognized by the Directorate of Education, Delhi Administration and is affiliated with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It has 3700 students on its roll in 88 sections in classes from I to XII. House system Schools in D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan
The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan is a public school located at Delhi, India. It is operated under Indian Army supervision under the aegis of Indian Army welfare Education society (AWES). It is part of the chain of Indian Army Public Schools. History In May 1953, the residents of the Maulana Azad Road Officers' Hostel started the institution following the public school pattern, with 21 children and two teachers and named as the Defense Services Public School. The school was extended to eighth standard in July 1959, when it received recognition by the Directorate of Education, Delhi. Soon upgraded to the XI standard, it was affiliated to the University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate. The school was renamed as 'Army Public School' in 1976. Later, the school received affiliation to the Central Board of Secondary Education The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Public School, Hisar
Army Public School is an English medium, co-educational day school situated at Hisar Military Station in Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a .... The school principal is Kavita Jakhar, serving since 2008. History The school was established as Indian Army Public Schools, Army school on 14 September 1990 with 250 pupils in six classes from I to VI. The school was then upgraded to Senior Secondary School, consisting of science and commerce streams from the academic session 1994–95. It was rechristened as Army Public School in 2008. The school is affiliated to the Central Board for Secondary Education, CBSE board and has 2367 pupils distributed in 63 sections and 122 staff. Currently the school is divided in two wings: *Junior Wing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Public School, Lansdowne
Army Public School Lansdowne is located in District Pauri of Uttarakhand, in Northern India. Lansdowne, a hill station and a cantt, is at the height of 5500 feet. It is 45 km away from Kotdwara, the railhead and 180 km away from Delhi. Army Public School traces its origin to Sainik Kinder Garten School back in 1978, when it was inaugurated by J.S Nakai, wife of Army Commander Central Command then, in MES bungalow known as old BRO office. It changed names from the initial one to Sainik School and then Tithwal School. It was a Regimental run school till March 1993. On 1 April of the same year, it joined the chain of Army Schools run by Army Welfare Education Society (AWES). Until 2007 it was Army School and then upgraded in 2008 as a residential school and renamed as Army Public School Lansdowne. The school is controlled by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) and Garhwal Rifles Regimental Centre, Lansdowne. It is affiliated with Central Board of Secondary Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Public School, Kunraghat, Gorakhpur
} Army Public School, Kunraghat, Gorakhpur is a school located in the Kunraghat area, in Gorakhpur, India. It is operated under Indian Army supervision under the aegis of the Army Welfare Education Society. The school was founded in 1954 by Neena Thapa, wife of Colonel Gopal Kushal Singh Thapa, then Commandant GRD, Kunraghat. On 1 April 1994 it was re-designated as "Army School, Kunraghat" after dissolution of the existing Gorkha Recruiting Depot The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with endonym Gorkhali ), are soldiers native to the Indian Subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of Northeast India. The Gurkha units are composed of Nepalis and Indian Gorkhas and are recruit ... (GRD) High School and absorption of its students. The premises and assets of GRD High School in situ were transferred to Army School, Kunraghat. Most of the students in this school are from Army Background. References {{reflist Education in Gorakhpur Indian Army Public Schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Public School, Pune
Army Public School is a school in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Its main entrance is in Ghorpadi Market, opposite Bank of Maharashtra in Ghorpadi in Pune Cantonment. History The school was founded in June 1988 in Dighi, a suburb of Pune. It was shifted to Vishwamitra Marg in Mune cantonment near the racecourse in April 1997. The school moved to its current site in Ghorpadi in 2015, which in Pune Camp earlier . It is divided into two wings: * Junior Wing (Classes I to V ) * Senior Wing (Classes VI to XII). It is near the residential complex of Ghorpadi lines, Ghorpadi market and Ghorpadi railway station, apart from some army sub-area establishments. The school is controlled by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES). It follows the CBSE Board of Education in India. The school has three science laboratories, one biotechnology lab and one mathematics lab, two libraries, three computer laboratories, three music rooms (one for Indian music, the other for western music), an ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
