Army Public School (APS) is a system of public schools established for imparting education to the children of the Indian armed forces personnel. With over 130 schools throughout the country, it is one of the largest chain of schools in India that is controlled by the AWES (Army Welfare Education Society, which was established in 1983, has over the years established more than 135 Army Public Schools and 249 Army Pre-primary Schools across India, and also several institutions of higher education).[1]
Overview
The schools a]re generally managed by the army regional commands following the CBSE pattern of education. Admission is granted on a priority basis to wards of Army personnel. All Army schools have a chairman who is a senior Indian Army officer of Brigadier rank and a patron who is of Major General rank.
The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan
The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi is the flagship school among all the APSs in the country. The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi has been awarded with the highest academic excellence among all the Army public schools in the country.
Army Public School, Pithoragarh
The school was started by B.C. Joshi on 16 October 1993 and is now a campus of 23 acres in the valley of the Pithoragarh hills. General BC Joshi Army Public School has been established under the aegis of Army Headquarters, Adjutant General's Branch, to cater to the needs of children of defence personnel including ex-service men, and to some extent to those of civilians and non-resident Indians. It prepares children for the All India Secondary School Examinations and All India Senior Secondary School Examinations conducted by CBSE .
Principal of the institution is Mr. Manish Panwar. It has four houses based on the names of four chief of Army staffs of India:-
- Thimayya (Kodendera Subayya Thimayya)
- Manekshaw (Sam Manekshaw)
- Cariappa (Kodandera Madappa Cariappa)
- Bhagat
The institution celebrates its annual day on 16 October.
Some prominent Army publ
- Army Public School No. 2, Jabalpur, MP
- Army School No. 1, Jabalpur, MP
- Army Public School, Nehru Road, Lucknow, UP
- Army Public School, Bhopal, MP
- Army Public School, Nathu Singh Road, Kanpur Cantt,
- Army Public School, Meerut Cantt, UP
- Army Public School, Bengdubi, West Bengal
- Army Public School, Ambala Cantt, Haryana
- Army Public School, Akhnoor, J&K
- Army Public School, Bangalore, Karnataka
- Army Public School, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
- Army Public School, Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Army Public School, Mhow, MP
- Army Public School, Morar Cantonment, Gwalior, MP
- Army Public School, Amritsar Cantt, Punjab
- Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi
- Army Public School, Pune, Maharashtra
- Gen B C Joshi Army Public School, Pithoragarh, UK
- Army Public School, Ranikhet, UK
- Army Public School, Bikaner, Rajasthan
- Army Public School, Babina, UP
- Army Public School, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
- Army Public School, Hisar, Haryana
- Army Public School, Jalandhar, Punjab
- Army Public School Rangapahar, Dimapur, Nagaland
- Army Public School, Tenga Valley, Arunachal Pradesh
- Army Public School, Shillong, Meghalaya
- Army Public School, Roorkee, Uttarakhand
- Army Public School, Jhansi, UP
- Nagaraju Army School, Punjab
- Army Public School, Stanley Road, Teliarganj, Allahabad
