Army Public School (APS) is a system of public schools established for imparting education to the children of the Indian armed forces personnel. With over 130 schools throughout the country, it is one of the largest chain of schools in India that is controlled by the AWES (Army Welfare Education Society, established in 1983, and over the years has established 130 Army Public Schools and 239 Army Pre Primary Schools across India, and several institutions of higher education.
The schools are generally managed by the army regional commands following the CBSE 2 pattern of education. Admission is granted on a priority basis to wards of Army personnel. All Army Schools have a chairman who is a senior Indian Army officer of Brigadier rank and a patron who is of Major General rank. The Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi is the flagship school among all the APSs in the country. The Army Public School, Pune has been awarded with the highest academic excellence among all the Army Public Schools in the country.
The admissions are made based on the seats available in the classes, they carry a “No denial Policy” to army wards, and civilians are admitted only after ensuring that no further seat is required for any Army ward. For specific details on admission you can visit the official website of the desired APS, however here is a general overview on admissions in the APS:
Following category of children are admitted based on Transfer Certificate (TC) from previous school.
- Children who come on Pass/promoted TC from another APS/Army School can be admitted throughout the year
- Children who have studied for 10 academic months in another APS/Army School, KV and are seeking admission after 31 Jul.
- An evaluation test may be taken in respect of these children to facilitate further academic coaching and allocation of sections. However such an evaluation test is not treated as admission test and child entitled lateral admission will be allowed to attend classes within 48 hours of reporting to the school.
- No Admission test is conducted for the students who are coming from Army Schools/Army Public Schools.
- Tests are considered for the students coming to class X or XII irrespective of the school.
Admission Test
All other categories of children including Army children not covered under lateral admission category may be admitted after an admission test. The Principal will arrange admission tests in the subjects as specified in Article 202 and decide whether the student can be admitted and if so, to which class. On this point, his/her decision shall be final. The standard of the admission test will be of the level of the annual examination of the class preceding to which admission is sought. However, in no case any child of a serving Army personnel or widow will be denied admission. The child will be accepted in a suitable class at the discretion of the Principal.
Admission without Transfer Certificate
Direct admission i.e. admission without a transfer certificate are mostly made only up to class VI. If a pupil, who has not previously attended any recognized school, applies for admission to anyone of the Classes II to VI, his parent or guardian shall be required to give full history of his previous education and submit an affidavit to the effect that his ward has not attended any recognized school till then. He/she shall also be required to submit an affidavit regarding the exact date of birth of his ward. If a seat is available in the class to which admission is sought, the head of the school shall arrange a special test to determine the suitability of the pupil for admission to the class. Admission shall be granted if the pupil passes in the special test. If the parent or guardian’s statement under this clause is found to contain any willful misrepresentation of date of birth or other facts regarding the pupil’s educational career, the head of the school shall cancel the admission and report the matter to the Education authorities of the district for circulation of the information to other schools. The name of the pupil will be struck off the roll of the school.
A pupil coming from a recognized school or a Kendriya Vidyalaya or Army School, shall not be admitted to a class higher than the one in which he/she was studying at his former school except in the case of those who have successfully passed the annual examination and have been promoted to a higher class.
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