Gen Singh to be Chief Guest at AEC diamond jubilee in MP

Hoshangabad, MP, May 24 (UNI) The Army Education Corps (AEC) will celebrate its diamond jubilee on June 1 at thE scenic hill station of Pachmarhi, with Chief of Army Staff General J J Singh as the Chief Guest.

AEC Additional Director-General and Colonel-Commandant Major-General S S Nair, other officers and jawans would take part, an official release said.

In 1922, the British established the Army School of Education at Belgaum on the lines of Royal Army Education Corps.

At the time of independence 90 per cent Indian soldiers were uneducated. Steps were taken for educating personnel of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the AEC came into existence on June 1, 1947.

General as well as military education are being provided at Pachmarhi including training in regional and foreign languages besides English and Hindi.

A Military School of Music was set up on April 24, 1950.

Soldiers of friendly nations also train there besides Army and paramilitary forces' personnel.

UNI