Admission of girl children has been approved in respect of Sainik School, Chhingchhip, Mizoram from academic session 2018-19 on a pilot basis.

            Students of Sainik Schools are recruited to NDA and other defence services. The details of number of Sainik School students entering into defence services in comparison to non-Sainik School students during the last three years and the current year is as under:

 

Year	Total NDA intake	Sainik School Students in NDA	Total Indian Naval Academy (INA) intake	Sainik School Students in INA	Total Officers Training Academy (OTA) intake	Sainik School Students in OTA
2014	614	129	865	63	834	24
2015	602	144	677	47	804	9
2016	542	159	688	44	817	20
2017	302	58	651	62	763	27

 

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri R Gopalakrishnan and Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi in Lok Sabha today.

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