The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by 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 over 26 such schools covering all the states of the country. The schools come under the purview of respective state governments and Ministry of Defence.
Sainik School Admission Procedure
School Admission is confined to boys in Sixth and Ninth Standard. Admissions to boys are granted on the basis of the merit prepared as per written examination, interview and medical examination. All India Sainik School Entrance Exam is the exam which students have to qualify for getting admissions to Sainik schools. This exam is conducted on the First Sunday of January every year at various centers.
For the Class VI students
Question paper is prepared in English, Hindi and all other recognized regional official languages.
Subjects:
- Mathematics and Language Ability Test (200 marks)
- Intelligence Test (100 marks)
Question paper pattern keep on changing every year. The syllabus for the VI and IX entrance exams is usually based on the NCERT books of V and VIII respectively.
Qualification Criteria for All India Sainik School Entrance Exam
Boys aged between 10 and 11 years are eligible to appear for the entrance exam to VI standard and those aged between 13 and 14 years are eligible for IX standard. The students must have completed their previous years’ education from recognized school to get admission to Sainik School. For SC candidates 15% and for ST candidates 7.5% of total seats are reserved. 25% of seats are reserved for the children of service personnel and ex-servicemen.
Application Procedure for All India Sainik School Entrance Exam
You can obtain prospectus, application form and question papers can be obtained from the Principal of the respective Sainik schools at the residing place of the candidate. Applicants can also take application forms online from the official website of CBSE. These application forms have to be duly filled and send along with the application fee to the regional office address in New Delhi.
Official Information on All India Sainik School Exam
Address: CBSE – Regional Office, PS 1-2, Institutional Area,
I.P. EXTN., Patparganj, New Delhi – 110 090
Ph No: 91-11-22509252 – 59
List of Sainik Schools In India
- Sainik School, Kazhakootam, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala
- Sainik School Amaravathinagar, Tamil Nadu Established: 16-Jul-1962
- Sainik School, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh Established: 01-Sep-2008
- Sainik School, Balachadi, Gujarat Established: 08-Jul-1961
- Sainik School Bhubaneswar, Odisha Established: 01-Feb-1962
- Sainik School Bijapur, Karnataka Established: 16-Sep-1963
- Sainik School Chittorgarh, Rajasthan Established: 07-Aug-1961
- Sainik School Ghorakhal, Nainital Uttarakhand Established: 21-Mar-1966
- Sainik School Goalpara, Assam Established: 12-Nov-1964
- Sainik School Gopalganj, Bihar Established: 12-Oct-2003
- Sainik School Imphal, Manipur Established: 07-Oct-1971
- Sainik School Kapurthala Punjab Established: 08-Jul-1961
- Sainik School Bijapur, Karnataka Established: 08-Jul-1961
- Sainik School Korukonda, Andhra Pradesh Established: 18-Jan-1962
- Sainik School, Kunjpura, Haryana Established: 03-Jul-1961
- Sainik School Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Established: Jul-1960
- Sainik School Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir 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. Established: 20-Jul-1962
- Sainik School, Rewari, Haryana Established: 29-Aug-2009
- Sainik School Sujanpur Tira, Himachal Pradesh Established: 02-Nov-1978
- Sainik School Tilaiya, Tilaiya, Jharkhand Established: 16-Sep-1963
- Sainik School Satara, Maharashtra Established: 23-Jun-1961
- Sainik School, Sambalpur, Odisha (proposed)
