The exposure level of these students was evident from the fact that Stazin Zangpo, 12, did not know what a train was. He did not know what a cow or a buffalo looked like. He was taught in his school that he was an Indian citizen, but he could not relate to any Indian river or sea. He knew only about the gigantic, naked and jagged peaks that surrounded his village near Disket on way to the Siachen glacier. "This is the first time that a project of this kind is being undertaken together with the Army. If the project with the Ladakh children is successful, we will expand it to the rest of country", Prof Usha Nayar of NCERT said. "The aim is to teach the teachers from these regions also who will go back and enrich other children", she added. The project adopted a play-way method. The children saw Qutab Minar and the next day they were taught the concept of heights. The children had never written a letter. So they were asked to write a letter home. They were taken to a box and made to post it. They also accompanied the postman to the post office.

On the last day of their training schedule, these boys were the guests of Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi, Vice Chief of the Army Staff during which they shared their experience with him. The Vice Chief of the Army Staff, while expressing his satisfaction over the success of this 'value education project', said, "We have made an effort to mould these children at an impressionable age. We want them to select a career of their choice".