About Us - History

HISTORY: AGS, BADGAM

Army goodwill school, Badgam is situated at Majdas (post No 26) 6.5 kms from line of control and 12 km from NH 1D. It is only school for primary education of border villages. Initially the school was started by BSF in Sep 1996 and later on it was handed over to 5 JAK RIF in Jan 2002. The school is recognised by J&K govt. The aim of the school is to impart quality edn to the children of the nearby backward villages. The edn is based on NCERT syllabus. In addition preliminary comptr trg is being imparted to the students.  The school initially started with LKG to II class and presently is running from Nur to V and the school is feeder to Army Goodwill School, Harka Bahadur. Presently school is functioning under aegis of 121 (I) Inf Bde and supervised by 16 MARATHA LI. 

The school is a non political, non commercial and non sectarian org managed by the army.  The school is having three self help blds constructed on 05 kanals of state land. The bldg consists of 12 classrooms including activity room & principal office.   A total of 123 students (73 boys & 50 girls) are studying in the school as on date. The staff of the school includes 01 principal, 06 teachers and 01 ayya.  School is not having electricity and a 5.5 KVA genr set is provided for functioning of school. The honorarium of the teachers and staff is being paid from Sadbhavana proj allotted every year.