Sainik School

The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society. They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the regional and class imbalance amongst the Officer cadre of the Indian Military, and to prepare students for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune and Indian Naval Academy. Today there are 24 such schools covering all the states of the country.^[1]

The schools come under the purview of respective state governments and Ministry of Defence, and in his Union Budget of 2008, Finance minister, P Chidambaram, allocated Rs 2 crore to each of the 22 Sainik schools, to counter rising attrition in the defence forces, especially at the officer level.^[2]

History[]

The inspiration for Sainik Schools came from the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) which have given India many service chiefs and the public school system of England. Sainik schools can be regarded as the ordinary citizen's public school where deserving students can get high quality education irrespective of their income or class background. Seats are reserved for children of serving Defence personnel and concessions are given to children of Government officials.

The objective of the Sainik Schools is to prepare the students to lead as officers in the Defence Services of the country. The schools select bright and promising students through a national entrance examination and focus on moulding their overall personality with emphasis on extracurricular activities. Sainik schools resources allow cadets to develop their skills in sports, academics and other extracurricular activities. Sainik Schools include running tracks, cross-country tracks, indoor games, parade grounds, boxing rings, firing ranges, canoeing clubs, horse riding clubs, mountaineering clubs, trekking and hiking club, obstacles courses, football, hockey and cricket fields, as well as volleyball and basketball courts. Cadets also become a part of NCC. A cadet who complete their 12th standard usually possess a NCC B certificate.

Cadets are assigned to houses. They are classified as sub-juniors, juniors and seniors respectively depending upon their class of study. Cadets compete in sports, physical training, academics, cross country, drill and various other competitions to win their house trophy.

Sainik Schools Society[]

The Sainik Schools Society is an organization under the Ministry of Defence. Its board of governors is chaired by the Minister of Defence.

Sainik Schools[]

Existing Sainik Schools[]

State	Location	Established Date
Kerala^[3]	Kazhakootam, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)	26-Jan-1962
Tamil Nadu^[4]	Amaravathinagar	16-Jul-1962
Chhattisgarh^[5]	Ambikapur	01-Sep-2008
Gujarat^[6]	Balachadi	08-Jul-1961
Odisha ^[7]	Bhubaneswar	01-Feb-1962
Rajasthan ^[8]	Chittorgarh	07-Aug-1961
Uttarakhand ^[9]	Nainital	21-Mar-1966
Assam ^[10]	Goalpara	12-Nov-1964
Bihar ^[11]	Gopalganj	12-Oct-2003
Manipur ^[12]	Imphal	07-Oct-1971
Punjab	Kapurthala	08-Jul-1961
Karnataka ^[13]	Bijapur	08-Jul-1961
Andhra Pradesh^[14]	Korukonda	18-Jan-1962
Haryana^[15]	Kunjpura	03-Jul-1961
Uttar Pradesh ^[16]	Lucknow	01-Jul-1960
Jammu & Kashmir ^[17]	Nagrota	22-Aug-1970
Bihar^[18]	Nalanda	12-Oct-2003
Nagaland ^[19]	Punglwa	02-Apr-2007
West Bengal^[20]	Purulia	29-Jan-1962
Madhya Pradesh.^[21]	Rewa	20-Jul-1962
Haryana^[22]	Rewari	29-Aug-2009
Himachal Pradesh ^[23]	Sujanpur Tira	02-Nov-1978
Jharkhand ^[24]	Tilaiya	16-Sep-1963
Maharashtra^[25]	Satara	23-Jun-1961
Karnataka^[26]	Kodagu	18-Oct-2007
Andhra Pradesh^[27]	Kalikiri	2011

Proposed Sainik Schools[]

Sainik School, Sambalpur, Odisha^[28]^[29]
Sainik School, Alwar, Rajasthan [1]

References[]

External links[]

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[1] website of ministry of defence, government of india

[2] Budget bounty lifts spirits at Sainik schools The Economic Times, March 5, 2008

[3] Official website of Sainik School, Kazhatoottam

[4] Official website of Sainik School, Amaravathinagar

[5] Official website of Sainik School, Ambikapur

[6] Official website of Sainik School, Balachadi

[7] Official website of Sainik School, Bhubaneswar

[8] Official website of Sainik School, Chittorgarh

[9] Sainik School, Ghorakhal

[10] Sainik School Goalpara, Assam

[11] Official website of Sainik School, Gopalganj

[12] Official website of Sainik School, Imphal

[13] "SAINIK SCHOOL BIJAPUR". http://www.ssbj.in/.

[14] Official website of Sainik School, Korukonda

[15] Official website of Sainik School, Kunjpura

[16] Official website of UP Sainik School, Lucknow

[17] Official website of Sainik School, Nagrota

[18] Official website of Sainik School, Nalanda

[19] "Sainik School Punglwa (Nagaland)". http://www.sainikschoolpunglwa.nic.in/.

[20] Official website of Sainik School, Purulia

[21] Official website of Sainik School, Rewa

[22] ttp://www.ssrw.org

[23] Official website of Sainik School, Sujanpur Tira

[24] Official website of Sainik School, Tilaiya

[25] Official website of Sainik School, Satara

[26] "Sainik School Kodagu". http://www.sainikschoolkodagu.edu.in/.

[27] ttp://www.kalikirisainikschool.com/

[28] ttp://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-17/bhubaneswar/30528168_1_mini-marathon-odisha-sambalpur

[29] ttp://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/53295-sainik-school-to-come-up-in-sambalpur-soon.html

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