The Backward Classes Welfare Department will inaugurate the Koti-Chennayya Defense Selection Training School in Udupi on Monday to train the candidates of Udupi district for the Agneepath scheme.
A statement from the office of Social and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Kota Srinivasa Pujari said the department had initially proposed to open three such schools in coastal Karnataka, Rani Abbakka School in Dakshina Kannada and Henja Nayaka School in Uttara Kannada district. . The inauguration will take place at 2.30 pm at Hotel Kidyoor in Udupi city.
Against the strength of 100 candidates in Udupi district, 60 candidates have already applied for training, while 100 candidates have applied in Dakshina Kannada and 700 in Uttara Kannada. During the training, the candidates will be provided accommodation and accommodation in the hostels.
Mr. Pujari has already announced that similar training schools will be opened in all the districts of the state in the coming days.
Ministers, MPs and MLAs of Udupi district will attend the inauguration on Monday.