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Updated July 30th, 2019 at 16:25 IST

RSS to open its first 'Army School', in Uttar Pradesh's Shikarpur; land donor says it'll follow CBSE

In a first, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will be setting up an Army school in Shikarpur, Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr next year. 

Reported by: Aishwaria Sonavane
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In a first, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will be setting up an Army school in Shikarpur, Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr next year. 

In the Army school, children will recieve defence training by the education wing of RSS, Vidya Bharti, to become officers in the Armed Forces. The first batch is reported to comprise of 160 students 

The initiative will be named after former RSS chief Rajendra Singh called 'Rajju Bhaiya Sainik Vidya Mandir.' The former RSS sarsanghchalak was born in Shikarpur district in 1922. 

The RSS Army school will follow the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum and will have students from Class 6 to Class 12. The classes are set to begin from April 2020. RSS' Vidya Bharti already runs over 20,000 schools across India. 

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The construction of the residential school for boys has already begun in the 8 acre land that was donated by an ex-Army personnel Choudhary Rajpal Singh. According to reports, a three-storey building with house a hostel, quarters for staff, a dispensary and a stadium


A week ago, BJP Bihar ally, JD(U) instructed the district police officers to collect information on the RSS and its functionaries along with those of other organisations associated with the Sangh in the state. 

Besides RSS, the 18 Sangh outfits named in the letter include the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Hindu Jagaran Samiti, ABVP, Akhil Bharatiya Shikshak Mahasangh, Hindu Mahasabha, among others. In the letter, the Bihar Police has been asked to gather the details including names, telephone numbers, addresses and business associations of all office-bearers (presidents, vice-presidents, secretaries, among others) of the RSS and its following associate organizations within a week. The officer has further demanded the notice to be considered very important.

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Published July 30th, 2019 at 16:08 IST

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