Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 1: The 96th Raising Day anniversary of Army Educational Corps (AEC) was celebrated in Army’s Northern Command theatre today.
Lt Gen DS Hooda, General Officer Commanding in Chief (Army Commander) Northern Command, complimented all ranks of AEC fraternity for raising the human resource quotient in Northern theatre.
He exhorted the corps to maintain its momentum to ensure further enhancement in the educational standards to be true with technological revolution and emerging challenges. The Army Commander called upon all ranks of AEC to uphold the ethos and spirit enshrined in the Corps motto “Udhyaiv Balam (Knowledge is strength)”.
Army Educational Corps was raised on June 1, 1947 at Panchmarhi. The history of AEC dates back to 1944 when then Sir Claude Auchinleck proposed the formation of self contained organization to look after the educational training of the Indian troops.
Today the Corps is playing pivotal role in meeting aspirations of serving and retired soldiers of Indian Army in various aspect such as higher education through IGNOU Army Education Project, Bachelor of Education Course for the dependents of Defence personnel, Map Craft Training with modern navigation skills and QGIS, Management of Military and Sainik Schools, Foreign/ Regional Languages Training, Personality Development Training and Military Music Training.
The responsibility of handling RTI since 2008 by the AEC makes it a unique Army wing in the world.
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