For admission to the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) an entrance examination would be organised by the education department on June 1 and 2.
The Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Dehradun, S P Khali said that the admission process is for January 2017 session of the RIMC. He said that the students who have passed the class VII or are studying in it on January 01, 2017 can apply for admission till March 31.
He said that the applicant should be of age between 11 years 6 months to 13 years on January 1, 2017 to be eligible for sitting in the examination. The applicant would have to go through an entrance test in which a written examination would be followed by an interview.
In the written examination the students would have to solve question papers of English, Mathematics and General Science and score minimum 50 Percent marks in every subject to be eligible for being called for interview. The written examination would be held at the Government Girls Inter College (GGIC), Rajpur road Dehradun.
Khali said that selected students would be called for an interview on October 04. The students whose parents are residents of Uttarakhand are eligible for the appearing in the examination. He said that the time and place of the interview would be declared later.
The RIMC acts as a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA) from where the cadets join Indian Armed Forces eventually.