IGAR (S) flags off edu tour
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 01 2011:
A week long educational tour from Mantripukhri to Guwahati and Shillong for school students from Churachandpur organised by the 27 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) was flagged off by Major General C A Krishnan, AVSM, IGAR (South) from Mantripukhri today.
The team comprises of 40 students and three teachers of St Mary's School Churachandpur and it will be accompanied by AR officials.
The theme of this tour is to give the local school children an insight of the progress of the country, and also to promote an atmosphere of brotherhood and unity amongst people of different states.
The students are scheduled to visit historical and cultural places at Guwahati, Shillong, and to interact with the Governors of Assam and Meghalaya, and the Director General of Assam Rifles.