Number of girl cadets in Sainik School at Amaravathy Nagar goes up to 54 with 2024-25 admission
The Hindu
Sainik School in Amaravathy Nagar admits girl cadets, increasing female representation in defence forces, with competitive admissions process.
With the 2024-25 admission, the strength of girls in the Sainik School run by the Ministry of Defence at Amaravathy Nagar in Tiruppur district has gone up to 54.
The school with an intake of a little above 700 students began admitting girl cadets to 10 % of seats from 2021-22.
The girl cadets are being admitted amid stiff competition, based on their scores in the All India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSEE) conducted by the National Testing Academy, according to school sources.
The girl cadets are admitted into class VI. The Sainik School Society had decided to admit the girl students factoring in the number of girls joining armed forces.
As per official data, 1,16,891 girl candidates had appeared for NDA 2022(I) written examination in November 2021. There are over 10,000 women officers serving in the defence forces. They include a little over 4,734 military nursing services officers.
Girls are admitted in up to 10% of vacancies in Class VI or 10 girls, whichever is higher. A girls’ hostel was inaugurated last month, with future admissions in mind. Constructed at a cost of ₹ 3.47 crore, it can house 80 girl cadets.
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