Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration has decided to provide free coaching for written examination and physical training for youths for recruitment to the uniformed services, including Agniveer, paramilitary forces and Odisha police under the Ganjam Lakshya Niketan.The administration on Monday opened a website for registration that will continue till Oct-end. Altogether 1,150 youths across the district will be trained for four months from Nov 15, sources said.“We have decided to set up 23 camps — one each in 22 blocks and one in Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) area for the convenience of the aspirants. In each camp, they will take 50 aspirants for training,” said collector (Ganjam) Keerthi Vasan V. They will select the candidates through the entrance exam if there are more than 50 applicants for one centre, he said.The collector said they would explore the retired defence officers, police officers and others to train the aspirants. “We will also discuss with the authorities of Army Air Defence College, Gopalpur for help to train the aspirants,” he said. The main aim of the initiative is to recruit a greater number of youths from Ganjam in defence and other uniformed services, he added.Identification and preparation of the grounds are going on in each block to impart physical training to candidates. The grounds will be preferred in block headquarters town and at nearby schools. The coaching classes for the written examination will be organised in nearby schools through smart classrooms, he said.Sub-collector, Berhampur, Avinash Kumar said separate physical training for women aspirants would be provided if their number is at least half of the total candidates in one camp. “The trainees will be provided only coaching and physical training free of cost. The administration will not bear the cost of their food and boarding,” he said.Ganjam Lakshya Niketan was set up by the administration two years ago to provide free coaching to aspirants of UPSC and OPSC exams. Its three centres function in the sub-divisional headquarters of Berhampur, Chhatrapur and Bhanjanagar.