Good news! Free education for class 11, 12 students at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Institute
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the state government would bear the cost of education of poor students of class 11 and 12 at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute in Mohali.To meet the additional expenses thus incurred, Singh also asked the Finance department to examine its proposal for additional funds of Rs 9.5 crore, in addition to Rs 8.5 crore, for making up the required corpus of Rs 18 crore.
In another move aimed at motivating and preparing youngsters to join the armed forces, the chief minister also directed the director general to formulate a proposal, in consultation with the secretary school education, to set up cadet training wings in select government schools, in line with the plan to establish such wsings in some private schools.The institute has tied up with a reputed private school in Mohali for education of students who clear its entrance examination.Forty such students are currently selected for their senior secondary school education by the institute, but they are required to pay their own school fee of Rs 45,000 a year.
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