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Government of India
Ministry of Defence
04-March-2020 15:37 IST
New Sainik Schools

There are 33 Sainik Schools functioning in the country. Following are State-wise/Union Territory-wise details of Sainik Schools in the country:-

S. No.

Name of School

State

1.

Sainik School Korukonda

Andhra Pradesh

2.

Sainik School Kalikiri

3.

Sainik School Goalpara

Assam

4.

Sainik School Nalanda

Bihar

5.

Sainik School Gopalganj

6.

Sainik School Ambikapur

Chhattisgarh

7.

Sainik School Balachadi

Gujarat

8.

Sainik School Kunjpura

Haryana

9.

Sainik School Rewari

10.

Sainik School SujanpurTira

Himachal Pradesh

11.

Sainik School Nagrota

Jammu & Kashmir

12.

Sainik School Tilaiya

Jharkhand

13.

Sainik School Bijapur

Karnataka

14.

Sainik School Kodagu

15.

Sainik School Kazhakootam

Kerala

16.

Sainik School Rewa

Madhya Pradesh

17.

Sainik School Satara

Maharashtra

18.

Sainik School Chandrapur

19.

Sainik School Imphal

Manipur

20.

Sainik School Chhingchhip

Mizoram

21.

Sainik School Punglwa

Nagaland

22.

Sainik School Bhubaneswar

Odisha

23.

Sainik School Sambalpur*

24.

Sainik School Kapurthala

Punjab

25.

Sainik School Chittorgarh

Rajasthan

26.

Sainik School Jhunjhunu

27.

Sainik School Amaravathi Nagar

Tamil Nadu

28.

Sainik School Ghorakhal

Uttarakhand

29.

Sainik School Purulia

West Bengal

30.

Sainik School East Siang

Arunachal Pradesh

31.

Sainik School Mainpuri

Uttar Pradesh

32.

Sainik School Jhansi

33.

Sainik School Amethi*

* School will commence wef 01 April 2020.

 

Sainik Schools are established on receipt of a specific request from the State Government, which is required to provide infrastructure in the form of land, educational and residential buildings, sports field etc. The entire capital expenditure on land, buildings, furniture and education equipment required by Sainik Schools and a major portion of the running expenditure is borne by the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration who are responsible for maintenance of buildings, roads and installations and for major replacements. They are also required to release grants-in-aid sought for additional requirements of buildings and furniture, transport, laboratory equipment etc.

Status of proposals for opening of new Sainik Schools requested by different States is placed below:-

S.No.

State

Location

Status

1.

Uttar Pradesh

Amethi

Will commence w.e.f 01.04.2020

2.

Odisha

Sambalpur

- Do-

3.

Rajasthan

Alwar

MoA Signed

4.

Uttarakhand

Rudraprayag

- Do-

5.

Telangana

Warangal

- Do-

6.

West Bengal

Darjeeling

In-principal Approval given

7.

Assam

Golaghat

- Do-

8.

Jharkhand

Godda

- Do-

9.

M P

Bhind

- Do-

10.

Assam

Kokrajhar

- Do-

11.

M P

Sagar

Site Survey completed

12.

Punjab

Gurdaspur

- Do-

13.

Sikkim

Boom

- Do-

14.

Tripura

West Tripura

- Do-

15.

Haryana

Matenhail

- Do-

16.

Uttar Pradesh

Mirzapur

- Do-

17.

Uttar Pradesh

Baghpat

Formal proposal awaited

 

The Government is satisfied with the performance /standard of education of Sainik Schools. Sainik Schools have proven their utility by providing a large number of cadets joining the National Defence Academy/Indian Naval Academy/Technical Entry Schemes etc. The year wise number and percentage of cadets sent to National Defence Academy from Sainik Schools for last three years is as follows:-

Year

Total intake      (both terms)

Number of Sainik Schools students 

%age of Sainik School students in NDA

2016

595

158

26.55

2017

644

179

27.79

2018

662

147

22.20

 

         This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri Manne Srinivas Reddy and others in Lok Sabha today.

 

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