The school made news when a record 16 students qualified for joining the NDA in 2006 through the written examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission ( UPSC ) and the subsequent interview conducted by Services Selection Board ( SSB ) and the number increased to twenty in 2008.
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Prior to his selection, during his Services Selection Board ( SSB ) interview, the interviewer asked him, " Why do you want to join the Army ? " He immediately replied, " I want to win the Param Vir Chakra . " True to his words, Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey did win the country's highest gallantry honour but posthumously.
