Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said that the Backward Classes Welfare Department will open army selection training schools in the three coastal districts within this month. The move is aimed to encourage and provide proper training to the youth from the coastal region, who were not much keen on joining the defense forces. Government Order to this effect will be issued in a day or two and the facility will be functional before the end of June. Training will be offered free to the youth from different sections of society.

While the selection training school in Dakshina Kannada will be named after Rani Abbakka, the one in Udupi will be named after Koti-Chennayya and the other one planned in Uttara Kannada district will be named after Hinja Naik, the Minister said.