Srinagar, October 13

Twenty students and two teachers from the Army Goodwill Schools of Bandipora and Sopore, who returned from a fortnight long tour to Pune, received a warm reception at Badami Bagh Cantonment on Tuesday.The students shared with enthusiasm their experiences of the tour, which had commenced on September 24. “The smiling, joyous faces of the young children confirmed that the capacity building tour organised by the Army in concert with the Aseem Foundation had achieved what it had set out to accomplish,” an Army spokesman said.The tour was held as a part of summer schooling camp-cum-student’s exchange programme to Pune.On Monday, the children had also met the Northern Command Army chief Lt Gen DS Hooda in Udhampur. “The focus of the tour was primarily to make up for the loss of studies caused due to the prevailing unrest in Kashmir and also to provide an exposure to teachers and students to a modern educational institution and the prevalent advanced learning facilities at the national level,” he said.Complimenting the children and teachers on the successful tour Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen Satish Dua impressed upon them to optimise on the educative experience and share it with other friends and family members of theirs. — TN
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