Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 1: The 95th raising day anniversary of Army Education 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 of soldiers for a better preparedness in modern warfare in northern theatre. He exhorted the corps to maintain its momentum to ensure to further uplift in the educational standards to be true with technological revolution and emerging challenges.
Army Education 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 organisation to look after the educational training of the Indian troops. Although the corps was raised as Royal Indian Army Educational Corps in 1921, it was re-designated as Army Educational Corps post independence.
Global paradigm shift in education technology has played major role in transforming education from yester-years to modern day techno-savy vagrant education system. Today the Corps plays a pivotal role in meeting aspirations of serving and retired soldiers of the Indian Army in various aspects such as higher education through IGNOU Army Education Project, Bachelor of Education Course for the dependents of Army personnel, Map Craft Training with modern navigation skills, Management of Military & Sainik Schools and Army Libraries, 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 world.
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