How to get Admission in Military Schools
1. The schools have 300 boarders each plus 30 day scholars spread over from class VI to XII. 67% of the boarder vacancies are reversed for the sons of serving and retired JCOs and officers of the army and their equivalent rank in the Navy and Air Force, 10% seats go to service officer and the remaining 13% go to civil-loans. From all categories of seat, 15% are reserved for scheduled castes and 7.5% for the scheduled tribes.
2. The vacancies reserved for the sons of service personnel (JCO and ORs) are allowed by the Army HQ (GS Branch, MT - 15) based on an entrance test conducted by MT 15, GS branch, AHQ in the third week of the February every year. Application forms and other details regarding eligibility etc. can be obtained by serving and retired Army personnel from their respective record offices and from Naval HQ (Education Branch) and Air HQ (Education Branch) by naval and air force personnel respectively. The principal has no powers to admit such boys. Schools neither issue admission forms nor receive the filled up admission forms.
Admission of Service Officers and Civilians
• Applications of sons of service officers and civilians are to be submitted to the principal in the application form given at the end of the prospective. Boys are normally admitted to class 6th only. Last date for application for admission to class 6th is 31 October.
The admission test id generally conducted in the 3rd week of February every year.
Admission Tests
Admission process has three stages
• Psychological test (those who pass this test will be permitted for the next test) 40 marks
• Numerical Ability 60 marks
• General Knowledge test 50 marks
Medical Check up
There are columns in the application form for preliminary medical certificate to be signed by a registered medical practitioner. This certificate is only a preliminary pre-requisite. Medical fitness of the candidates will be declared by a Medical board held in a Zonal/command military hospital nearest to home town. Those who are found medically unfit by the board will be refused admission on medical fitness as given in army order no.14/88.
Documents Requirement at the time of Admission
Parents/guardians must submit the following documents at the time of admission:-
• Transfer certificates from the previous school showing the date of birth.
• Two copies of latest passport size photograph
• Application allowing the boys to take the scholarship examination (in case interested) along with the income statement of the last financial year duly attested by the Income tax authority/Revenue official not below the rank of Tehsildar.
• An affidavit duly attested by the District Magistrate/ Commanding officer (in case of service officer) to the effect that the boy is not in receipt of any scholarship/financial assistance from Govt. source. (For those applying for their wards to appear in the scholarship Test).
Inter School Transfer in Military School
Application for inter school transfer of entitled boys will be received by the principal up to 15 February each year and the transfer will be effected only in the beginning of the following academic year. Inter school transfers will not be permitted as a matter of routine but only under the exceptional circumstances or for any other extra ordinary reason considered valid by the army HQ (MT 15)
• The parent/guardian is an ex-serviceman who wishes to transfer his ward to a school nearer his home to save travelling expensive.
• The boy seeking transfer has a real brother studying in the receiving school.
• Transfer on medical grounds duly certified by the RMO of the School where the boy is presently studying.
Common Entrance Test
A common entrance test for admission in all categories of children to class 6 in military school being conducted in the month of February each year.
List of Testing Centers:-
- Station headquarters, Nasirabad.
- Station headquarters, Baroda
- Headquarters, Pune Sub Area, Pune
- The Maratha light Infantry Regimental center, Belgaum.
- Madras Regimental Center, Bangalore
- Madras Regimental Center, Wellington.
- INS Venduruthy, Naval Base, Cochin
- Station Headquarters, Madras
- EME Center, Bolarum, Secunderabad
- INS Circars, Visakhapatnam
- The Assam Regimental Center, Shillong
- Station Headquarters, Jalabahar, Darjeeling
- Headquarters Calcutta Sub Area, Calcutta
- The Bihar Regimental Center, Danapore cantt
- The Gorkha Regimental Depot, Jabalpur
- No.1 Single Training Center, Jabalpur
- Station Headquarters, Gwalior
- Headquarters Meerut Sub Area, Meerut
- The Rajputana rifles Regimental Center, Delhi Cantt
- Station Headquarters, Dehradun
- Station Headquarters, Jalandhar Cantt
- Station Headquarters, Jammu
- Chail Military School, Chail, Shimla
- Ajmer Military School, Ajmer (Raj.)
- Dholpur Mlitary School, Dholpur (Raj.)
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