Lok Sabha Question No. 197 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Utility of Sainik Schools
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Behanan Benny

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 197

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  March, 2020

## UTILITY OF SAINIK SCHOOLS

## *197. SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

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

- (a) the utility/relevance of the 24 Sainik Schools in the country; (b) whether an assessment has been made about the schools created in 1950s for all bright  students  to  be  the  leaders  in  Indian  armed  forces,  if  so,  the  details  and  the findings thereof; (c) whether there is any plan for expansion of the network of Sainik Schools in the
- country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)

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(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  197  FOR  ANSWER  ON  04.03.2020 REGARDING 'UTILITY OF SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

- (a)  At  present  there  are  31  Sainik  Schools  in  the  country.      Sainik  Schools  have proven  their  utility  by  providing  a  large  number  of  cadets  joining  the  National Defence  Academy(NDA)/Indian  Naval  Academy(INA)/Officers  Training  Academy (OTA) and many other students joining various important positions in Government. The year-wise number and percentage of cadets sent to National Defence Academy from Sainik Schools for last three years is as follows:-
- (b) Review of performance of these Schools is an ongoing process which is done by Inspecting Officers, Sainik Schools Society by way of inspections. The performance of these schools are monitored on different parameters like Class X and XII results, number  of  cadets  selected  in  NDA  and  training  of  faculty  members.  Towards improving  performance  and  addressing  shortcomings,  there  are  in-service  training programmes for teachers, workshops/conferences for Principals and other administrative staff,  special  coaching  for  NDA  entrance  examination  for  the  cadets, etc.
- (c) & (d):  At present there are 31 Sainik Schools in the country. Two more Sainik schools are commencing from the academic session 2020-21. The list of all 33 Sainik Schools is  attached  as Annexure .  State  Governments  are  required  to  send  a  formal proposal after identifying land for opening of Sainik Schools. On receipt of proposal from the  State  Government  an  inspection  of  the  proposed  site  is  carried  out  by  the officials of Ministry of Defence to ascertain its suitability after which agreements are signed.

| Year    |   Total intake (NDA Course strength) |   Number of Sainik Schools Cadets |   %age of Sainik School cadets in NDA |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                                  644 |                               179 |                                  27.8 |
| 2017-18 |                                  662 |                               147 |                                  21.5 |
| 2018-19 |                                  638 |                               148 |                                  23.2 |

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  197  FOR  ANSWER  ON  04.03.2020 REGARDING 'UTILITY OF SAINIK SCHOOLS'.

## LIST OF SAINIK SCHOOLS (STATE WISE) IN THE COUNTRY

|   Sl. No. | Name of School             | State             |
|-----------|----------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Sainik School Korukonda    | Andhra Pradesh    |
|         2 | Sainik School Kalikiri     |                   |
|         3 | Sainik School East Siang   | Arunachal Pradesh |
|         4 | Sainik School Goalpara     | Assam             |
|         5 | Sainik School Nalanda      | Bihar             |
|         6 | Sainik School Gopalganj    |                   |
|         7 | Sainik School Ambikapur    | Chhattisgarh      |
|         8 | Sainik School Balachadi    | Gujarat           |
|         9 | Sainik School Kunjpura     | Haryana           |
|        10 | Sainik School Rewari       |                   |
|        11 | Sainik School SujanpurTira | Himachal Pradesh  |
|        12 | Sainik School Nagrota      | Jammu &Kashmir    |
|        13 | Sainik School Tilaiya      | Jharkhand         |
|        14 | Sainik School Bijapur      | Karnataka         |
|        15 | Sainik School Kodagu       |                   |
|        16 | Sainik School Kazhakootam  | Kerala            |
|        17 | Sainik School Rewa         | Madhya Pradesh    |
|        18 | Sainik School Satara       | Maharashtra       |
|        19 | Sainik School Chandrapur   |                   |
|        20 | Sainik School Imphal       | Manipur           |
|        21 | Sainik School Chhingchhip  | Mizoram           |
|        22 | Sainik School Punglwa      | Nagaland          |
|        23 | Sainik School Bhubaneswar  | Odisha            |
|        24 | Sainik School SambhalPur*  |                   |

## : 2 :

|   25. | Sainik School Kapurthala       | Punjab        |
|-------|--------------------------------|---------------|
|    26 | Sainik School Chittorgarh      | Rajasthan     |
|    27 | Sainik School Jhunjhunu        | Rajasthan     |
|    28 | Sainik School Amaravathi Nagar | Tamil Nadu    |
|    29 | Sainik School Ghorakhal        | Uttarakhand   |
|    30 | Sainik School Mainpuri         | Uttar Pradesh |
|    31 | Sainik School Jhansi           | Uttar Pradesh |
|    32 | Sainik School Amethi*          | Uttar Pradesh |
|    33 | Sainik School Purulia          | West Bengal   |

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