Centre Approves 21 New Sainik Schools, One For Odisha

New Delhi: Another Sainik School will come up in Odisha in Dhenkanal district. The school will be known as Sanskar Public School (Abakash Foundation).

The Dhenkanal’s Sainik School is among the 21 new Sainik Schools which will be set up across the country. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced this on Saturday and said there schools will come up in partnership with NGOs, private schools and State governments.

However, the new schools will be different from the existing Sainik Schools, Ministry said.

It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to set up 100 new Sainik Schools in different parts of the country is to provide quality education to students in tune with National Education Policy and give them better career opportunities, including joining the Armed Forces, the MoD stated.

Seventeen of these institutions are Brownfield running schools and four are Greenfield schools to be operational shortly. NGOs/ Trusts /Societies have share of 12 approved new schools, six private schools and three state government-owned schools find place in the list of such approved new Sainik schools.

Seven new Sainik Schools are Day School and 14 such new approved schools have residential arrangements.

Entry to the new Sainik Schools will be at Class VI level. At least 40 per cent of intake will be from students who have qualified All-India Sainik School Entrance Examination conducted by NTA through E-Counselling.

Similarly, up to 60 per cent intake will be from students enrolled in the same school and desirous of taking admission under this vertical of new Sainik Schools through a qualifying test, notification for which will be issued separately.

The academic session for approved new Sainik Schools is likely to commence in first week of May 2022.