Ex-soldiers to teach PT in schools: HRD ministry says hiring veterans as instructors will teach children patriotism and mental toughness :-
Soldiers will now light the fire of nationalism in schoolchildren and also toughen them up physically and mentally, according to Ministry of Human Resource and Development (HRD) sources.
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani had proposed hiring retiring junior commissioned officers and soldiers as physical training instructors at central government schools. That plan has now been set into motion.
"Soldiers retiring from the army after completion of 17 years of 'colour service' and JCOs at the end of their military tenure who are willing to join central schools are to be posted as PT instructors," sources said.The pilot project will begin at select central schools and if the feedback is positive it will be extended to other central schools across the country, as well as private schools.
"While PT classes are compulsory for students, interaction with soldiers and classroom talks on nationalism, patriotism, military deployment in counter-terror operations etc will be optional for students to attend,'' the official added.
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