Lok Sabha Question No. 2158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: New Sainik Schools
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy, Bhagirath Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2158

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  March, 2020

## NEW SAINIK SCHOOLS

2158. SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY: SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  State-wise/Union  Territory-wise  names  of  places  where  Sainik  Schools  are functioning in the country;
- (b) the details of the criteria fixed for opening Sainik Schools in the country;
- (c) whether there is any proposal for opening of new Sainik Schools in various States including Rajasthan and Telangana and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government is satisfied with the performance/standard of education of these schools and if so, the details thereof and if not, the remedial steps taken/efforts made for maintaining high standard of education in these schools during the last few years; and
- (e) the details of the provisions for giving priority to the students passing from these schools in the recruitment of the armed forces?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

- (a)  There are 33 Sainik Schools functioning in the country. State-wise/Union Territory-wise details of Sainik Schools in the country is placed at Annexure-I .

- (b)  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.

(c)  Yes,  Sir.    Status  of  proposals  for  opening  of  new  Sainik  Schools  requested  by different States is placed at Annexure-II .

(d)  &  (e):  Yes,  Sir.  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 |                                   22.2  |

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## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2158 FOR ANSWER ON 04.03.2020 REGARDING 'NEW SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

## LIST OF SAINIK SCHOOLS STATE/UT WISE IN THE COUNTRY

|   S. No. | Name of School             | State            |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Sainik School Korukonda    | Andhra Pradesh   |
|        2 | Sainik School Kalikiri     | Andhra Pradesh   |
|        3 | Sainik School Goalpara     | Assam            |
|        4 | Sainik School Nalanda      | Bihar            |
|        5 | Sainik School Gopalganj    | Bihar            |
|        6 | Sainik School Ambikapur    | Chhattisgarh     |
|        7 | Sainik School Balachadi    | Gujarat          |
|        8 | Sainik School Kunjpura     | Haryana          |
|        9 | Sainik School Rewari       | Haryana          |
|       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       | Karnataka        |
|       15 | Sainik School Kazhakootam  | Kerala           |
|       16 | Sainik School Rewa         | Madhya Pradesh   |
|       17 | Sainik School Satara       | Maharashtra      |
|       18 | Sainik School Chandrapur   | Maharashtra      |
|       19 | Sainik School Imphal       | Manipur          |
|       20 | Sainik School Chhingchhip  | Mizoram          |
|       21 | Sainik School Punglwa      | Nagaland         |
|       22 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar  | Odisha           |
|       23 | Sainik School Sambalpur*   | Odisha           |
|       24 | Sainik School Kapurthala   | Punjab           |

|   25. | Sainik School Chittorgarh      | Rajasthan         |
|-------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|    26 | Sainik School Jhunjhunu        | Rajasthan         |
|    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           | Uttar Pradesh     |
|    33 | Sainik School Amethi*          | Uttar Pradesh     |

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ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2158 FOR ANSWER ON 04.03.2020 REGARDING 'NEW SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

## STATUS OF PROPOSALS FOR OPENING OF NEW SAINIK SCHOOLS

|   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 | MP            | Bhind        | - Do-                          |
|      10 | Assam         | Kokrajhar    | - Do-                          |
|      11 | MP            | 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        |

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