Delhi gets its first preparatory school for armed forces aspirants

The school, named after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, 'will have state-of-the-art facilities and students will be trained according to entrance examination patterns of the various armed forces', said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at the inauguration

|Aug 27, 2022, 14:45:24 IST

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday inaugurated the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School in Najafgarh and asked students to imbibe the feeling of living and dying for the country.

"The school has state-of-the-art facilities and students will be trained according to entrance examination patterns of the various armed forces", he said.

"There was no Sainik school in Delhi. We began preparations a year back but did not know it would be ready in a year. I thank those who made this dream possible within one year on behalf of Delhi and the country," the chief minister said at the event.

Stressing that education and other facilities are free at the school, Kejriwal said he had always wanted an education system where the rich and the poor could study together.

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