Army Goodwill School Farona

The School has been provided with 7.5 KVA Diesel Generator for uninterrupted power supply to Our Smart Classes And Computer Lab. Selection of Principal, Teachers and Administrative Staff has been completed for the Academic Session 2023. OUR SCHOOL HAS ACHIEVED 100% RESULT FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022 AND STANDS AT TOP POSITION AMONGST ALL THE ARMY GOODWILL SCHOOLS IN LADAKH REGION. OUR STUDENTS, MS HAJIRA BANOO SECURED 97.4% AND MS MAQSOODA BANOO SECURED 95.2% for Academic Year 2019-20. Dr. Nishtha Thaker, Founder of 'Spreading Smile Charitable Trust' Visit to AGS, Farona on 06 Apr 2023. RECRUITMENT NOTICE

Thought of the Day : “Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in” ? Leonardo da Vinci

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Welcome to Army Public School - Farona

Army Goodwill School, Farona located in Kumbathang has been providing good quality and affordable education to children of the Suru valley since 2005. The school runs classes from LKG to class 8 (total 10 classes) and has 284 x students on its strength. The learning infrastructure in school includes a computer laboratory equipped with 12 x computers and a science laboratory with basic equipments, facilitating conduct of simple experiments. For enhancing learning value in the classrooms, 05 x Interactive smart boards were installed in the school in the year 2021 and 05 x more interactive smart boards will shortly be donated by NGO’s through CSR initiatives (after due approval of the competent authority).

2. The school was initially a Primary school, which was upgraded to Class VIII in Dec 2010. On 3rd Nov 2012. Army Goodwill School, Tambis was merged with AGS, Farona and presently the school is being run by 8 Mountain Divisional Ordnance Unit under the aegis of 8 Mountain Division.

3. The school was earlier affiliated to J&K State Board of Education. With effect from Academic Session 2022-23 the school has been affiliated with CBSE. The first exam session with affiliation under CBSE was concluded in Oct 22. In addition, to standardise the curriculum with CBSE schools and to ensure better continuity for students passing out of Class 8, NCERT book syllabus was implemented for Class 8 in the first session of CBSE affiliation. From the new session that commenced on 01 Nov 22, NCERT syllabus has been implemented for Class 6 & 7 also.