The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established by Sainik
School Society, and 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.Today
there are over 24 such schools covering all the states of the country.
The schools come under the purview of respective state governments and
Ministry of Defense, 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. [1].
Contents
1 History
2 Sainik Schools
3 References
4 External links
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 schools is to prepare the students to lead as officers
in the Defence Services of the country. The schools selects bright and
promising students through a national entrance examination and attempts to
mould their overall personality with emphasis on extracurricular activities.
The Sainik Schools include an athletic track, cross-country track, indoor
games, Parade ground , boxing ring, firing range, canoeing club, horse
riding club, mountaineering club, trekking & hiking club, obstacles course,
football field , cricket field and basketball courts.
Sainik Schools
Sainik School Amaravathinagar , Tamil Nadu.[2] Established: 16-Jul-1962
Sainik School Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh
Sainik School Balachadi, Gujarat.[3] Established: 08-Jul-1961
Sainik School Bhubaneswar, Orissa.[4] Established: 01-Feb-1962
Sainik School Bijapur, Karnataka.[5] Established: 16-Sep-1963
Sainik School Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.[6] Established: 07-Aug-1961
Sainik School Ghorakhal, Nainital Uttarakhand Estd: 21-Mar-1966
Sainik School Goalpara, Assam Established: 12-Nov-1964
Sainik School Gopalganj, Bihar Established: 12-Oct-2003
Sainik School Imphal, Manipur[7] Established: 07-Oct-1971
Sainik School Kapurthala Punjab. Established: 08-Jul-1961
Sainik School Kazhakootam, Kerala.[8] Established: 26-Jan-1962
Sainik School Korukonda, Andhra Pradesh.[9] Established: 18-Jan-1962
Sainik School Kodagu, Karnataka
Sainik School, Kunjpura, Haryana[10] Established: 03-Jul-1961
Sainik School Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Established: Jul-1960 (The Oldest
Sainik School & only Sainik School run by State Government)
Sainik School Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir[11] Established: 22-Aug-1970
Sainik School Nalanda, Bihar Established: 12-Oct-2003
Sainik School Pungalwa, Nagaland Established: 02-Apr-2007
Sainik School Purulia, West Bengal Established: 29-Jan-1962
Sainik School Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.[12] Established: 20-Jul-1962
Sainik School Rewari, Haryana
Sainik School Sujanpur Tihra, Himachal Pradesh.[13] Established: 02-Jul-1978
Sainik School Tilaiya, Jharkhand.[14] Established: 16-Sep-1963
Sainik School Satara, Maharashtra.[15] Established: 23-Jun-1961