Kupwara: The district administration and Army Saturday jointly organised an Education Festival at Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Handwara with an aim to provide counselling and guidance to the students of north Kashmir about various higher education options available in the leading colleges across India.
The Chairman District Development Council (DDC), Irfan Sultan Panditpori was the Chief Guest at the occasion while Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Doifode Sagar Dattatray was the Guest of Honour. Brigadier, 7 Sector, Vikrant Patil, DDC Member Mawar, Khurshid Ahmad Dar, Chairman Handwara Municipal Committee, Masroor Banday, Commanding Officer (CO) 30 RR, Col. Ankur Panday, CEO Kupwara, Abdul Hamid Fani, Principal Government Boys Higher Secondary School Handwara, Mohammad Rafiq Mir, Heads of various Consultancies, and concerned officers and a large number of students and parents participated in the festival.
Addressing the gathering, Irfan Panditpori expressed his gratitude to the organisers for conducting such a huge student counselling programme in the district. He stressed the need for holding more such festivals so that students of this border district get benefitted. He urged the student community to take advantage of this programme and get maximum benefits from it.