Overview
Assam Rifles Public School (ARPS), sited amidst the pictureque backdrop of Laitkor valley in Shillong, was promoted in 1980. It was inaugurated by the then governor of the North Eastern States, L.P. Singh. Assam Rifles Public School is a premier boarding school for boys, with a few girls as day scholars. The school aims at “providing quality education to deserving children of JCOs, officers and personnel of Assam Rifles”, and its imposing infrastructure facilitates the same.
Affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, ARPS offers education from class IV to class XII and offers Science, Humanities and Commerce streams at the higher secondary level. The school is managed by the Assam Rifles Public School Society, a registered autonomous body under Society Act, 1960.
Campus
ARPS campus sprawls over 200 acres amidst the picturesque backdrop of Laitkor valley of Shillong, and abounds with myriad opportunities and facilities.
Extensive playgrounds host various outdoor games such as volleyball, cricket, basketball, football, marathon etc. The school also offers a golf course, a vegetable farm, a bakery along with an infirmary, a stationary and a shopping center inside the premises. Other activities at ARPS include horse riding, art and craft, clay modeling, carpentry, music and dramatics.
Accomodation
The school hosts separate dormitories for different houses, called the Manipur house, Nagaland house, Arunachal House and Mizoram house. Every house has two dormitories, junior and senior.
Academics
Affiliated with CBSE, ARPS offers education to about 300 students from class IV to class XII and has a well experienced and dedicated team of teachers who prepare students for All India Secondary School Examination and All India Senior School Certificate Examination at the end of class X and class XII respectively. Computer Science is also offered as one of the subjects and the medium of instruction is English.
Admission
Admissions are offered in classes IV and V on the basis of an entrance test in English, Hindi and Mathematics followed by an interview. The entrance test is conducted in the month of October every year. Vacancies in higher classes (except X and XII) are also filled up similarly. The prospective applicants must be registered before appearing for an entrance test to any class.
Rs. 2000 is charged as non-refundable registration fee. 60 percent of the hostel seats are reserved for the children of Assam Rifles personnel, late Assam Rifles personnel and ex-servicemen, while 40 percent seats are open for civilians.
Fees:
While education for the children of Assam Rifles personnel is highly subsidized, reasonable scholarships are offered to the meritorious tribal children of the North Eastern Council.
Fee information is available at the school office.
Achievements
The school aims at “providing quality education to deserving children of JCOs, officers and personnel of Assam Rifles”, and its imposing infrastructure facilitates the same.