How to Join Sainik School

The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the 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.

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.

Question paper is prepared in English, Hindi and all other recognized regional official languages.

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.

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.

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.

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

1. Sainik School, Kazhakootam, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala
2. Sainik School Amaravathinagar, Tamil Nadu Established: 16-Jul-1962
3. Sainik School, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh Established: 01-Sep-2008
4. Sainik School, Balachadi, Gujarat Established: 08-Jul-1961
5. Sainik School Bhubaneswar, Odisha Established: 01-Feb-1962
6. Sainik School Bijapur, Karnataka Established: 16-Sep-1963
7. Sainik School Chittorgarh, Rajasthan Established: 07-Aug-1961
8. Sainik School Ghorakhal, Nainital Uttarakhand Established: 21-Mar-1966
9. Sainik School Goalpara, Assam Established: 12-Nov-1964
10. Sainik School Gopalganj, Bihar Established: 12-Oct-2003
11. Sainik School Imphal, Manipur Established: 07-Oct-1971
12. Sainik School Kapurthala Punjab Established: 08-Jul-1961
13. Sainik School Bijapur, Karnataka Established: 08-Jul-1961
14. Sainik School Korukonda, Andhra Pradesh Established: 18-Jan-1962
15. Sainik School, Kunjpura, Haryana Established: 03-Jul-1961
16. Sainik School Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Established: Jul-1960
17. Sainik School Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir Established: 22-Aug-1970
18. Sainik School Nalanda, Bihar Established: 12-Oct-2003
19. Sainik School Pungalwa, Nagaland Established: 02-Apr-2007
20. Sainik School Purulia, West Bengal Established: 29-Jan-1962
21. Sainik School Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Established: 20-Jul-1962
22. Sainik School, Rewari, Haryana Established: 29-Aug-2009
23. Sainik School Sujanpur Tira, Himachal Pradesh Established: 02-Nov-1978
24. Sainik School Tilaiya, Tilaiya, Jharkhand Established: 16-Sep-1963
25. Sainik School Satara, Maharashtra Established: 23-Jun-1961
26. Sainik School, Sambalpur, Odisha (proposed)

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