Army Education Corps turns 52

Earlier, on behalf of all ranks of the Crops, the Colonel Education, Western Command, Col I. S. Punia, laid a wreath at the Veer Smriti war memorial, paying tributes to martyrs.

The Corps has played a key role in enhancing the educational and professional standard of troops to a great extent during the post-independence era. The Corps personnel are widely scattered and were found playing their part in all garrisons, headquarters, training centres, units, establishments, sainik schools, military schools, colleges and selection centres.

The human resources development centres run by AEC personnel function as nodal centres to impart SSC-level education, training in foreign and regional languages and communication skills, Army Cadet College cadre classes, certificate education, map reading and music training.