Onlykashmir.in News Desk
A group of 15 students from Government Higher Secondary School Arwani in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district has returned home after a six-day Bharat Darshan educational tour organised by the 90 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force, an outing that gave the young learners a rare look at the geography, culture and heritage of different parts of the country.
The students returned safely after completing the journey and were received by officials of the 90 Battalion. Commanding Officer Kamlendra Pratap Singh, along with other officers, interacted with the students on their return and sought feedback on their experiences during the tour.
Speaking to the media, the students expressed their gratitude to the battalion for the opportunity. They described the six-day journey as a memorable experience that helped them learn about different places, cultures and traditions, and widened their understanding of a country whose diversity is often encountered only in textbooks.
For many students in a district such as Anantnag, travel beyond the region is not always within easy reach, and such exposure carries particular value. A classroom lesson on India’s many languages, faiths, cuisines and landscapes is one thing; standing in those places and meeting the people who live there is quite another. The initiative gave the students an education that extended well beyond the classroom.
Educational tours of this kind form part of a broader pattern of engagement by security forces with young people in Jammu and Kashmir, where outreach programmes aim to build understanding, confidence and a sense of shared belonging among the next generation. By bringing officers and students together in a setting far removed from the routine of school and duty, such programmes also help build trust between the force and the communities among which it works.
The feedback session held on the students’ return is a useful part of the exercise, since it allows organisers to gauge what participants took from the trip and to shape future programmes accordingly. For the 15 students of Arwani, the tour is likely to remain a lasting memory, and for the district it is a small but meaningful example of how youth outreach can open new horizons for young people in the Valley.
