100 Government, Private Schools To Join Sainik School Society
NDTV
The Union Government has decided to affiliate 100 government schools, private schools, and NGOs with Sainik Schools Society, Ministry of Defence from 2022-23 academic year.
The Union Government has decided to affiliate 100 government schools, private schools, and NGOs with Sainik Schools Society, Ministry of Defence from 2022-23 academic year. Affiliated Sainik schools will be set up in partnership with NGOs, private schools and state governments. These schools will be different from exciting Sainik schools and will focus on providing cost-effective ways to the larger populations across the country. This initiative has been taken under the vision of the National Education Policy (NEP) which aims at providing value-based education. Provide cost-effective ways in reaching out to larger populations across all regions in the country. Meeting growing demand for Sainik Schools and providing effective physical, psycho-social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional and cognitive development. Savings in training duration, deployment of trainers, maintenance and operations budgets, while substantially improving the quality of youth entering the various walks of life.
The affiliated Sainik schools will start functioning from the next academic year 2022-23 and approximately 5,000 students are expected to receive admission in Class 6. Presently, there are 33 Sainik schools which have an admission capacity of approximately 3,000 students in Class 6th.
According to a statement by the government, 100 new Sainik schools are being introduced for the following benefits: