Lok Sabha Question No. 5687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Air Force Schools
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, SUDHEER GUPTA, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5687

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  APRIL, 2017

## AIR FORCE  SCHOOLS

5687.  KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO  CHAVAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE

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be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of  Air  Force Schools  that  are functioning  in the  country  at present, place-wise;
- (b) the details of the criteria / points fixed by the Air Force school for admission of LKG / UKG children;
- (c) whether  school  authority  has  given  extra  points  for  children  of  Public  Sector Undertakings  (PSUs)  employees  and  denying  the  same  to  Para-military  forces  and Central Government employees children for admission;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government has enquired the matter for said malpractice and if so, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken / being taken by the Government in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

## (a) There are 132  Air  Force Schools functioning in the country. Details are as under:-

|   Sl No. | State          |   Number of AF Schools |
|----------|----------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |                     04 |
|        2 | Assam          |                     10 |
|        3 | Bihar          |                     04 |
|        4 | Delhi          |                     19 |
|        5 | Gujarat        |                     09 |

:  2  :

|   6. | Haryana          |   08 |
|------|------------------|------|
|    9 | Himachal Pradesh |   01 |
|   10 | J& K             |   04 |
|   11 | Karnataka        |   09 |
|   12 | Kerala           |   01 |
|   13 | Madhya Pradesh   |   03 |
|   14 | Maharashtra      |   13 |
|   15 | Meghalaya        |   02 |
|   16 | Punjab           |   13 |
|   17 | Rajasthan        |   07 |
|   18 | Tamil Nadu       |   05 |
|   19 | Uttar Pradesh    |   13 |
|   20 | West Bengal      |   07 |

## (b)  to  (e):      The  criteria  for  admission  of  children  to  UKG  in  Air  Force Schools are as follows:-

|   Sl. No. | Criteria                                   | Specification                                                                                                                                         |   Points |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
|         1 | Neighbourhood (25 points)                  | Upto 05 Km                                                                                                                                            |       25 |
|         1 | Neighbourhood (25 points)                  | 05 to 10 Km                                                                                                                                           |       20 |
|         1 | Neighbourhood (25 points)                  | 10 to 15 Km                                                                                                                                           |       15 |
|         2 | Sibling studying in the School (15 points) | Real brother /sister of the child                                                                                                                     |       15 |
|         3 | Alumni of School (10 points)               | If both parents are ex-students of the school                                                                                                         |       10 |
|         3 | Alumni of School (10 points)               | If father /mother is an Ex-student of the school                                                                                                      |       05 |
|         4 | Single parent (10 points)                  | Child of widow / widower / unmarried / Legally Divorced under conditions                                                                              |       10 |
|         5 | Girl Child (10 Points)                     | In case of twins, where one is a male child & the other is a girl and both children are seeking admission the boy child will also be given 10 points. |       10 |

......3/-

:  3  :

|   6 | Ex-Servicemen or deceased defence personnel or deceased IAF   | (a) Children of Ex-airwarriors, NC(E)s.              |   20 |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------|
|   6 | Ex-Servicemen or deceased defence personnel or deceased IAF   | (b) Grand Children of Ex- air warriors / NC(E)s.     |   20 |
|   6 | civilian employee or serving IAF NPF                          | (c) Children of Ex-Army/Ex- Navy personnel.          |   15 |
|   6 | employee (20 points).                                         | (d) Children of Ex-Air Force civilians.              |   15 |
|   6 |                                                               | (e) Children of IAF NPF employees.                   |   15 |
|   6 |                                                               | (f) Children of deceased air warriors / NC(E)s.      |   20 |
|   6 |                                                               | (g) Children of deceased Ex-Army/ Ex-Navy personnel. |   15 |
|   6 |                                                               | (h) Children of deceased AF civilian employee.       |   15 |
|   7 | Serving PSUs Employees (10 points).                           | Children of serving PSUs employees.                  |   10 |

2. However, three Air Force schools viz. Air Force Bal Bharati School,   The Air  Force  School  and  Air Force  Golden Jubilee  Institute  situated  in  Delhi  are private un-aided schools under aegies of IAF Educational and Cultural society, which  used  to  provide  points  to  children  of  Army/Navy'/Para  Military/  Other Central  &State  Government  and  PSU  employees  in  the  criteria  and  scale  for admission to UKG classes.  The same has been discontinued except to PSUs from the academic session 2016-17, based on the order of Hon'ble Delhi High Court and the circular of the Deptt. of Education, Govt of NCT of Delhi.

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