Admission Process for Rashtriya Military Schools Starts, Check Details

New Delhi: The Indian Army has started the admission process for Class 6 and Class 9 in Rashtriya Military Schools for the 2024-25 admission session. The last date for submission of online application forms and payment of fee is October 18, 2023.

Admission in Class 6 is open for both boys and girls, the class 9 admissions are only for boys.

Rashtriya Military Schools are fully residential public schools functioning under the Ministry of Defence. The Rashtriya Military Schools located at Chail (Himachal Pradesh), Ajmer (Rajasthan), Belgaum (Karnataka), Bengaluru (Karnataka) and Dholpur (Rajasthan).

The students who apply for the admissions will have to appear for an entrance exam which will be conducted in a Multiple Choice OMR based mode. The dates for the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to both classes will be shared with the candidates on their registered Email ids, mobile numbers. applicants of Class 6 will be evaluated on the basis of Intelligence, General Knowledge, Mathematics and English of Class 5 level. The applicants of Class 9 will be tested based on English, Hindi, Social Science, Mathematics and Science of Class 8 level.

Eligibility

Students who wish to apply for Class 6 should be aged between 10-12 years as on March 31, 2024. These students should be born between April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2014. Applicants for Class 9 should be aged between 13-15 years as on March 31, 2024. Six months relaxation in upper age limit is permissible for the wards of personnel killed in action for admission to Class 6 and Class 9 respectively.

Educational Qualification

For applying to Class 6, candidates should have passed Class 5 from a government or recognised school before the date of admission. Students studying in Class 5 are also eligible to appear in the entrance test for Class 6. For admission to Class 9, candidates should have passed Class 8 from a government/recognised school before the date of admission. Students studying in Class 8 are also eligible to appear in the entrance test.