PMA to receive 300 incoming plebes as members of Class 2021

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 31): PMA to receive 300 incoming plebes as members of Class 2021

The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) will receive 300 incoming cadets for PMA Class 2021 on Saturday, April 1.

PMA information officer, Army Lt. Col. Reynaldo Balido, on Friday said PMA Class 2021 may be composed of 300 cadets if all will be able to hurdle the four-year military training.

Of the 300 successful applicants, 40 are females.

He said there were 9,609 applicants who earlier took the Cadetship Qualifying Examination (CQE) and underwent the Complete Physical Examination (CPE) at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center (AFPMC) in Quezon City.

The 300 successful applicants will be received at the Borromeo Field, PMA grounds in a “reception” on April 1.

For the class of 2020, 400 cadets were welcomed in a “reception” in April last year.

Incoming cadets are based on the attrition rate in the academy where a 20 percent female population is being maintained, Balido said.

The current population at the academy from third class to first class cadets is 916, composed of 721 males and 195 females.

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