Sainik School

Sainik School Kapurthala, Punjab, India

The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society under Ministry of Defence. 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 25 such schools covering all the states of the country.

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.

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. Although Uttar Pradesh Sainik School Lucknow,established in 1960 was the first one of such kind, it is not under the Sainik School Society, but rather under Uttar Pradesh Sainik Schools Society, which is registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act (1860)

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. The Chief Executive Body of the Sainik Schools Society is a Board of Governors functioning under the Chairmanship of the Defence Minister. For exercising closer control and supervision over the affairs of Sainik Schools there is an Executive Committee under the Chairmanship of Defence Secretary. The day to day work of the Society is managed by Dir (Trg) & Hony Secy who is assisted by Inspecting Officers, Under Secretary, Sainik Schools Society and SO(Sainik School Cell). The staff for the cell is provided by the MoD. The local administration of the school is looked after by a Local Board of Administration whose Chairman is the GoC-in-C of the concerned Command where the Sainik School is located.

Sainik Schools

Existing Sainik Schools under Sainik Schools Society,MOD

State	Location	Established Date
Maharashtra	Satara	23-Jun-1961
Haryana	Kunjpura	03-Jul-1961
Punjab	Kapurthala	08-Jul-1961
Gujarat	Balachadi	08-Jul-1961
Rajasthan	Chittorgarh	07-Aug-1961
Andhra Pradesh	Korukonda	18-Jan-1962
Kerala	Kazhakootam, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)	26-Jan-1962
West Bengal	Purulia	29-Jan-1962
Odisha	Bhubaneswar	01-Feb-1962
Tamil Nadu	Amaravathinagar	16-Jul-1962
Madhya Pradesh.	Rewa	20-Jul-1962
Jharkhand	Tilaiya	16-Sep-1963
Karnataka	Bijapur	16-Sept-1963
Assam	Goalpara	12-Nov-1964
Uttarakhand	Ghorakhal	21-Mar-1966
Jammu & Kashmir	Nagrota	22-Aug-1970
Manipur	Imphal	07-Oct-1971
Himachal Pradesh	Sujanpur Tira	02-July-1978
Bihar	Nalanda	12-Oct-2003
Bihar	Gopalganj	12-Oct-2003
Nagaland	Punglwa	02-Apr-2007
Karnataka	Kodagu	18-Oct-2007
Chhattisgarh	Ambikapur	01-Sep-2008
Haryana	Rewari	29-Aug-2009
Andhra Pradesh	Kalikiri	2009

Proposed Sainik Schools

1. Sainik School, Sambalpur, Odisha
2. Sainik School, Alwar, Rajasthan[1]

See also

• Indian Naval Academy

External links

• Sainik Schools Society
• Home of Saikapians living overseas
• Sainik School Amaravathinagar Alumni Association
• Old Boys of Sainik School Association
• Old Boys of Sainik School Kazhakoottam
• Home of Saikapians Living Overseas
• Sainik School Sujanpur Tira Alumni website
• Sainik School Tilaiya Old Boys Association
• Old Boys Association of Sainik School, Bijapur
• Sainik School Goalpara, Assam Old Boys Association Forum