Brief History
WELCOME TO THE ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL
AMBALA CANTT.
Army Public School Ambala Cantt Is Governed By Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), A Registered Body Under The Societies Registration Act XXI Of 1860 For The Purpose Of Establishing And Running Various Army Schools. The Society Has A Chain Of 137 Army Schools/Army Public Schools In India."
Army Public School Ambala Cantt is governed by Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), a registered body under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 for the purpose of establishing and running various Army Schools. The Society has a chain of 137 Army Schools/Army Public Schools in India. Since 1981, the growth of the school has been as under:-
| (a) | 1981 | Started by HQ PH & HP Area by converting the Golden Lion Primary School and renamed as Army High School with classes upto VIII and Str of 264 children and 26 members of the staff |
| (b) | 1981 | School (Army High School) came under AWES wef 01 Apr 1981 |
| (c) | 1982 | Affiliated to CBSE |
| (d) | 1982 | The School was founded on 26 Aug 1982 |
| (e) | 1984 | i) First batch of class X passed outii) Name changed to Army School |
| (f) | 1985 | School taken over by HQ 2 Corps (Edn) and affiliated to CBSE for Classes XI & XII |
| (g) | 1987 | 1st+2 batch (Science Stream) passed out |
| (h) | 1987-88 | Strength increased to 1210 |
| (i) | 1988 | Computer Science added as a Subject |
| (j) | 1991-92 | Commerce stream introduced |
| (k) | 1993-93 | Humanities stream introduced |
| (l) | 2001 | The subject of 'Informatics Practices' replaced 'Computer Sc' |
| (m) | 2002-07 | School infrastructure has also grown according to the demandsof the populace and students strength increased upto 4100 |
| (n) | 2008-09 | Re-designated as Army Public School by Lt Gen JP Singh, AVSM,Patron on 15 Aug 2008. |
| (o) | 2009-10 | The Comd & Control of APS Ambala Cantt taken over by 'A' Branch,HQ 2 Corps wef 21.5.09 with Brig 'A' as Chairman |
| (p) | 2010-11 | Strength increased to 4700 |
| (q) | 2011-12 | School Website launched by Chairperson Kharga AWWA on 04.8.11 |
| (r) | 2012-13 | Strength increased to 4910 |
| (s) | 2016-17 | Strength increased to 5842 |
| (t) | 2018-19 | Subjects Music & Fine Arts Introduced |