Military Training in Maharashtra SchoolsIt is rather troubling to note that the Maharashtra government’s move to introduce military training since Class 1 has not received the attention it deserves. The richest state in the Indian Union – namely Maharashtra – has embarked on this new initiative in the field of school education to provide basic military training in schools. It suggested integrating rigorous physical training, discipline, and patriotic values, common in Sainik Schools, into these other schools. A chain of military schools and defence academies already exists and interested students can be admitted to such institutions for such training from early young age. It is rather troubling to note that the Maharashtra government’s move to introduce military training since Class 1 has not received the attention it deserves.