The Army has finally initiated the process to induct women in the Other Ranks of Corps of Military Police by inviting applications from women to enrol as recruits.
Recruitment rallies have been planned in Ambala, Lucknow, Jabalpur, Bengaluru and Shillong to test the candidates, and they will be allotted venue based on their home districts.
As per details provided by the Army, these women soldiers have to be in the age group of 17½ to 21 years with minimum educational qualification of Class 10 with 45 per cent marks in aggregate and minimum 33 per cent marks in each subject studied.
Candidates must undertake not to marry until they complete the full training. A candidate who marries subsequent to the date of her application will not be selected for training.
Read more of this in a report by Man Aman Singh Chinna published in The Indian Express....
