Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has made a big announcement for the students of Delhi before 23 March i.e. Martyrs' Day. Kejriwal has told that the name of Sainik School which was announced by the Delhi Government last year will be 'Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School'.In a press conference, the Chief Minister said that tomorrow is March 23, the day on which all three Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged. Tomorrow is the day of martyrdom of these three sons. Delhi government is going to make an important announcement on this occasion. You know that on December 20, 2021, our cabinet had decided that we will build a school where children will be trained to join the army. So that they can go to NDA, Navy and Airforce.In the end, Kejriwal said that this would be a way for the people of Delhi to pay tribute to Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh on his martyrdom.
Know everything from specialty to admission, date, fees- Kejriwal said that we are renaming that school as Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School after Bhagat Singh.
- This school will be completely free. Every facility of this school will be free.
- This school will be residential. That is, the children who will take admission in this school will have to stay there. There will be separate hostels for boys and girls.
- This school is coming up on 14 acres in Jharoda Kalan and it will be a very modern school in the heart of the city which will be equipped with all facilities.
- Just as officers like quality are taught in the army, so will it be taught in this school.
- Children will be prepared for Army, Navy and Airforce.
- Retired officers of the three armies will be brought here for training.
- This school will be for the children living in Delhi. That is, any child who lives in Delhi can apply for admission in this school.
- This school will have admission in class IX and XI. There will be admission on 100 seats each in both the classes.
- From this year, education will start in this school, so far 18 thousand applications have been received for 200 seats.
- On March 27, the entrance examination for class IX will be held and on March 28, the examination for admission to class 11 will be held.
- The examination to be held on 27th and 28th March will be the Phase One examination which will be an aptitude test. There will be interviews in phase two after which admissions will take place.