Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 3
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today virtually laid the foundation stone of Sardar Bahadur Amin Chand Soni Armed Forces Preparatory Institute, to be established at Hoshiarpur.
The project, spread over 12.75 acres in Bajwara village, will be executed at Rs 27 crore and will be completed by the year-end.
The institute would impart training to 270 candidates per year, as per an official statement. The land has been gifted by Sardar Bahadur Amin Chand Soni Education Trust and Society, headed by Member of Parliament Ambika Soni.
The Chief Minister said the institute would help the youth, who wish to join the armed forces. At a time, when women pilot officers were flying the Rafale and helicopters, and actively involved in every field of the armed forces, soon girls in India would be a part of the fighting forces like their counterparts in other countries, he said.
Capt Amarinder Singh lauded the role of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute at Mohali in training the youth to secure a permanent commission in the armed forces through the National Defence Academy or equivalent centres.
Referred to Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute for Girls at Mohali, which imparts training to girls after Class XII for a career as commissioned officers, he said the institute had so far trained 75 cadets, of whom seven had been selected in the defence services.
8 courses a year to train 270 youths
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