Defence Minister approves to set-up 23 new Sainik Schools under partnership mode

Government has approved the inititative of setting up of 100 new Sainik Schools in partnership with NGOs, private schools, state governments. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved setting up of 23 new sainik schools under partnership mode.

The schools will set up in a graded manner class-wise, starting from Class 6 onwards. A



memorandum of agreement (MoA) has been signed under this initiative by the Sainik Schools Society with 19 new Sainik Schools located all over the country.

With this initiative, the total number of Sainik Schools under partnership mode have increased from 42. There are also 33 existing Sainik Schools functioning under the erstwhile pattern.