Dibrugarh, Sept 29: In a grand Ceremony at Dinjan Military Station, Indian Army signed a tripartite MoU for Project DARPAN (Dao and Rising Sun Preparatory Academy in NE) & Project SPEARS (Selection & Preparation for Employment in Army by Rising Sun) with National Integrity and Educational Development Organisation (NIEDO), Coal India Limited and Oil India Limited on Friday.
The occasion was graced by many distinguished dignitaries such as Bimal Borah, Minister for Industries & Commerce and Public Enterprises, Assam.
The MoU signed between Indian Army, NIEDO, Oil India Ltd & Coal India Ltd aims to provide value-based education to the under privileged children of Upper Assam.
The Indian Army, through these initiatives, aims at establishing a major educational hub in Dibrugarh district to prepare children of weaker sections of the society for NDA & CDS entrance exams.
The project offers free of cost residential coaching facility along with free lodging & messing for approximately 120 deserving children over a span of one year.
NIEDO & GAPS (Georgian Academy for Professional Studies) will be the agencies involved with providing academic guidance, proper syllabus module and full-time qualified faculty having rich experience to train students for NDA & CDS.
Indian defence forces have always been a profession of honour and integrity, ‘A way of Life’, rather than a job and North Eastern part of India with its abundant pool of youth full of sparkling energy are willing to be a part of nation building are the promising locations for the future Defence Officers.
However, due to lack of coaching facilities, infrastructure and proper guidance, their participation in the ‘Profession of Arms’ has been limited. Keeping these limitations in mind Project DARPAN & Project SPEARS were conceptualized.
These one-of-a-kind initiatives will enable specialist training from an experienced faculty, which will ensure that the children are well prepared and equipped to undertake the complete selection process of written examination and personal interviews as well.
The project will be run under the aegis of Indian Army’s Eastern Command, under the supervision of Dao Division at Dibrugarh.
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