Following the decision of the National Defence Academy (NDA) of allowing girls, now the Center has agreed to allow girls to get admission in defence ministry-run Military schools and Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC).
The government in an affidavit said that to facilitate the entry of girls, there is a requirement for authorising additional vacancies along with other associated infrastructure and administrative support in RIMC, and it would be done in different phases. The government also said that girls will be allowed to appear in the all-India entrance examination to be conducted next year.
The government said that in the first phase, the capacity will be increased from 250 to 300 by inducting five girls every six months. “It is submitted that girls will be allowed to take the entrance exam scheduled in June 2022 for entry into RIMC. In phase 2, capacity will be increased from 300 to 350 to induct 10 girls every six months, and at the end of the expansion, RIMC will have 250 boys and 100 girls,” it said.
