Free armed forces prep school to be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh

New Delhi, Mar 22: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that it will build a free preparatory school to train boys and girls for the Armed Forces on 14 acres of land in the Jharoda Kalan area. The Chief Minister tweeted that the "Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School" will also have hostel facilities. “As many as 18,000 applications have already been received for just 200 seats,” Kejriwal informed.

 

"The cabinet had last year announced that we (Delhi government) will build a school where students will be trained for getting into armed forces. We have named it after Shaheed Bhagat as a tribute to the revolutionary on his 91st death anniversary. Students will be taught all the skills required to get into officer-level positions in armed forces such as the Army, Navy and Air Force," Kejriwal said.

 

 

Students will be able to take admission in classes 9 and 11 in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School. It will have 200 seats—100 in class 9 and 100 in class 11. As many as 60 seats will be for boys and 40 for girls in each grade. The admission process will be two-staged with an aptitude test first, followed by a physical fitness test.

 

Kejriwal said the residential school will be free of cost and any Delhi resident will be able to get admission. He also announced that retired army and naval officers will be inducted as faculty members, who will be able to guide students based on their real-life experiences. The Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School will have an academic wing and a ‘service preparatory’ wing, he added.

 

"As many as 18,000 applications have already been received for just 200 seats," Kejriwal informed.