The Uttarakhand Government would set up two training institutes in the State to train young of the State for the competitive examinations of Armed forces.
These centres would be set up at Garhwal and Kumaon regions.
The decision was taken after a meeting of the State Chief Minister, Trivendra Singh Rawat with Commandant of Bengaluru-based Army selection centre, Major General VPS Bhakuni here on Monday.
In the meeting Maj Gen Bhakuni highlighted that the selection rate for the Armed forces is less than that of civil services. He said 1.5 times more youths than the civil service examination opted for examinations like CDS and IMA, but success ratio is low due to tough standards of Comprehensive Personality Test of army.
He advocated some sort of training for these youths to increase the percentage of selection in these examinations.
The Chief Minister said the Uttarakhand being a land of warriors, youngsters of the State have a natural stint for army. He said by imparting proper training the percentage of success can be increased.
Rawat said such training workshops would also help in personality development of the youngsters of the State.
In the meeting it was decided that in first phase training workshops ranging from two to three weeks would be held in schools and colleges of Garhwal and Kumaon areas where sufficient infrastructural facilities are available.
later selection of the school or colleges would be made with the coordination of the department of soldier welfare and education where such workshops would be organised regularly.
Major Gen Bhakuni said every year more than ten thousand youths can be trained in the State if the proper facilities are made available and in the later stages the State Government can think about opening Sainik Schools.