Army School, Agra

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Army School , Agra

Army School, Agra was established 01 Aug 1991 by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), and was formally inaugurated by Brig R Loganathan, UYSM on this day. Earlier it was known as Station Sainik School. The school was founded to cater for the educational facilities at this station for the children of Army personnel.

History

Army School Agra was established 01 Aug 1991 by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES),and was formally inaugurated by Brig R Loganathan on this day. The school runs classes from I to XII and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi vide affiliation no. 2130044. Today School is in 3 buildings Primary Block, Senior Block and Senior Secondary Block with 52 sections. The strength of the school is more than 2400. Army school is one of the premier school in Agra.

Former Principals

Col.T.M.P Singh
Wing.Cmdr. S.S. Sissodia
Miss.Abha Sharma
Present principal-Mr Sanjiv Michael lyall

Aims and objective

To cater for the educational facilities at this station for the children of Army personnel.
To provide facilities for co-curricular and extra curricular activities.
To develop knowledge, skills and values in the children to prosper in a competitive world.
To pursue excellence and set pace in the field of education.
To promote sports, the spirit of adventure, exploration and innovation and their natural aptitude for idealism.

Curriculum

Army School Agra is affiliated to CBSE board and follows the scheme of as prescribed from time to time by the CBSE for All Indian Secondary School Examination (Class X) and All India Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII). Streams Offered

a) Science Stream :

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM)

i. Elective subjects (Informatics Practices, Physical Education, Computer Science)

2. Physics, Chemistry, Biology(PCB)

i. Elective subjects (Informatics Practices, Physical Education, Mathematics).

b) Commerce Stream:

Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics,

i. Elective subjects ( Informatics Practices, Physical Education, Mathematics).

c) Humanities Stream:

Economics, History, Hindi, Physical Education, Informatics Practices

Co-curricular Activities

Co-curricular Activities in Army School, Agra are organised timely to focus on overall developement of students.Various activities like Essay writing competition, Slogan writing competition, House wise competition, celebration of all national days, Inter House Food Festival, Declamation, Recitation and many more competition throughout the session. The children are divided into four houses whose details are as under :