Faced with a continuing shortage of officers, alarmingly in the “fighting ranks” of Lieutenants, Captains, Majors and Lt-Colonels, the Army will now give special training to bright and passionate soldiers or jawans in leadership qualities, personality development and communication skills to ensure they can take on the mantle of junior leaders in the 12.5 lakh strong force.

Towards this end, the Army is setting up a “young leaders training wing” at the Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai to annually train 400 selected soldiers in OLQs (officer-like qualities), in two batches of five months each, from September this year onwards.

The focus of this young leaders’ course (YLC), apart from physical fitness and mental robustness, will on developing leadership traits and character-building, improving communication skills in English and public speaking, learning conflict management and resolution, decision-making and problem-solving, and soft skills in basic mannerism and military etiquettes.Click Here: liverpool mens jersey

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