GUWAHATI: In a first, Sainik schools across the country have opened admissions for girl students. As such, the prestigious Goalpara Sainik School will also be enrolling female students in Class VI from the academic session 2021-22.
"With this, talented girls from the state will get a golden opportunity to prepare themselves from an early age to serve the nation by joining Indian Defence Services. Accordingly, the school will arrange for the necessary infrastructure, education, and adequate training to impart wholesome growth in the girls of the region," said Lt Col P Khongsai, Public Relations Officer of Defence, Guwahati.
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Sainik Schools were first established in the year 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 mentally and physically for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA).
Presently there are 33 such schools running and proposed for the future covering all the states of the country.
Sainik School, Goalpara, set up in 1964, has to its credit about 300 of its ex-students who have joined Defence Forces as Officers and some of them have occupied prestigious positions in their respective fields.
"The school looks forward to welcoming girls who have the passion and zeal to prove their mettle by joining our Defence Forces," added Lt Khongsai.
The details of admission are available on the website, https://aissee.nta.nic.in, and the last date for submission of application is 19th November.
