March 22, New Delhi: The Delhi government has decided to name Delhiās Sainik school as Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday.
“On December 20, 2021, we had announced that Delhi will have a school where students will be prepared for the armed forces. The school will be named Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School,” he said in an online briefing.
The school will come up at a 14-acre campus in Jharoda Kalan with state-of-the-art facilities.
“We are building a ‘Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School’ on 14 acres of land in Jharoda Kalan, where students will be trained for the armed forces. The fees for the school will be free and will have separate hostels for boys and girls,” announced Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
He further stated that “Any student residing in Delhi can take admission in this school for classes 9th and 11th. Both classes will have 100 seats each. The classes will start this year and we have received 18,000 applications for it.”
In the Sainik school, students will be taught officer-like qualities just like the training given to youth in the armed forces. Students will be prepared for NDA, naval academy etc. The faculty of the school will include retired army and naval officers, he said.
Kejriwal said Aptitude tests will be conducted on March 27 and 28 for Class 9 and 11, respectively. The aptitude test is phase 1 of the admission process and phase 2 will include interviews of students.
Last year, the government launched four types of Schools of Specialised Excellence (SoSEs) and this school will be the fifth of its kind. The school will be affiliated to Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE).
