Govt decides to admit girl cadets in Sainik schools across India from academic session 2021-22

On Wednesday, the government took the decision to admit girl cadets in Sainik schools across India from the academic session 2021-22. Earlier, only boy cadets were allowed admission to Sainik schools.

Girl cadets had been admitted to the Mizoram Sainik school in the 2018-2019 session and the success of the same prodded the government to take this decision. A few other Sainik schools had also taken the gender jump in recent years. There are 33 Sainik schools working across India now.

"After the success of pilot Project for admission of girl cadets in Sainik School Chhingchhip, Mizoram, in the academic session 2018-19, the



government has decided to admit girl cadets along with boys in all Sainik Schools from the academic session 2021-22," Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said in Lok Sabha, as per PTI.

Naik also said that the government was thinking of setting up Sainik schools in partnership with NGOs, private schools and state governments.

"The endeavour is to provide schooling opportunities in 'CBSE Plus' type of educational environment by involving desirous government/private schools/NGOs to partner in establishing/aligning their system with Sainik school ethos, value system and national pride," Shripad Naik said in a written reply.