Sainik Schools
Sainik school scheme was launched in 1961, in different parts of the country at the initiative of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. VK Krishna Menon, the then Prime Minister and Defence Minister respectively. Sainik Schools are residential schools for boys established with the primary aim of preparing them academically, physically & mentally for providing a career in the Armed Forces through entry into the NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY AND INDIAN NAVAL ACADEMY. These schools are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.
The other objectives of the scheme are:
(a) To remove regional imbalances in the Officer cadre of the Defence Services.
(b) To develop qualities of body, mind and character which enable the young boys of today to become good and useful citizens of tomorrow.
(c) To bring Public School Education within the reach of the common man.
Other Sainikschools details as follows:
Sl No. | State | Location | Established | Website | |
1 | Maharashtra | Satara | 23.06.1961 | sanikss@rediffmail.com | www.sainiksatara.org |
2 | Haryana | Kunjpura | 03.07.1961 | sai_kunj@yahoo.com | www.sskunjpura.org |
3 | Punjab | Kapurthala | 08.07.1961 | sskapurthala@yahoo.com | www.sskapurthala.com |
4 | Gujarat | Balachadi | 08.07.1961 | ssbjam11@gmail.com | www.ssbalachadi.org |
5 | Rajasthan | Chittorgarh | 07.08.1961 | sschittor@gmail.com | www.sschittorgarh.com |
6 | Andhra Pradesh | Korukonda | 18.01.1962 | sainikschoolkorukonda@yahoo.co.in | www.sainikschoolkorukonda.org |
7 | Kerala | Kazhakootam | 26.01.1962 | sainikschooltvm@gmail.com | www.sainikschooltvm.org |
8 | West Bengal | Purulia | 29.01.1962 | sspuruliya@rediffmail.com | www.sainikschoolpurulia.com |
9 | Orissa | Bhubaneswar | 01.02.1962 | bhubaneswarsainikschool@yahoo.in | www.sainikschoolbhubaneswar.org |
10 | Tamil Nadu | Amaravathinagar | 16.07.1962 | mailtosainik@yahoo.com | www.sainikschoolamaravathinagar.edu.in |
11 | Madhya Pradesh | Rewa | 20.07.1962 | principal@sainikschoorewa.ac.in | www.sainikschoolrewa.ac.in |
12 | Jharkhand | Tilaiya | 16.09.1963 | sainikschooltilaiya@gmail.com | www.sainikschooltilaiya.org |
13 | Karnataka | Bijapur | 16.09.1963 | ssbj1963@yahoo.com | www.ssbj.in |
14 | Assam | Goalpara | 12.11.1964 | ssg1964@yahoo.com | www.sainikschoolgoalpara.org |
15 | Uttarakhand | Ghorakhal | 21.03.1966 | ssgorakhal@gmail.com | www.ssghorakhal.org |
16 | Jammu & Kashmir | Nagrota | 22.08.1970 | jmt.chinar@gmail.com | www.sainikschoolnagrota.com |
17 | Manipur | Imphal | 07.10.1971 | ssimphal@hotmail.com | www.ssimphal.nic.in |
18 | Himachal Pradesh | Sujanpur Tira | 02.07.1978 | principal@sainikschoolsujanpurtira.org | www.sainikschoolsujanpurtira.org |
19 | Bihar | Nalanda | 12.10.2003 | ssnl12oct2003@sify.com | www.sainikschoolnalanda.bih.nic.in |
20 | Bihar | Gopalganj | 12.10.2003 | ssgopalganj@rediffmail.com | www.ssgopalganj.in |
21 | Nagaland | Punglwa | 02.04.2007 | sainikpunglwa@yahoo.co.in | www.sainikschoolpunglwa.nic.in |
22 | Karnataka | Kodagu | 18.10.2007 | kodagian@rediffmail.com | www.sainikschoolkodagu.edu.in |
23 | Chhattisgarh | Ambikapur | 2008 | sainikschoolambikapur@rediffmail.com | www.ssap.org.in |
24 | Haryana | Rewari | 2009 | sainikschoolrewari@gmail.com | www.ssrw.org |
25 | Andhra Pradesh | Chittor | 2014 | sainik.kalikiri@gmail.com | www.kalikirisainikschool.com |