NEW DELHI: At least 353 women have enrolled this yr throughout 33 Sainik Schools established underneath the earlier system, the Parliament was knowledgeable on Friday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Defense Sanjay Seth acknowledged that 16 of those faculties have reached full capability for feminine enrolment. The largest group, comprising 16 feminine college students, is presently learning at Sainik School Tilaiya in Jharkhand.
The solely different erstwhile sample Sainik School with a capability of 16 is Sainik School Amaravathinagar in Tamil Nadu nevertheless it has two vacant seats as solely 14 women have enrolled in 2024.
All 33 Sainik Schools established underneath the erstwhile sample have been made co-instructional with impact from tutorial session 2021-22 to realize gender equality and to pave the approach for induction of ladies in the armed forces, mentioned the MoS.
MoS Seth mentioned that to encourage woman cadets to hitch Sainik Schools, huge publicity for admission of women in present Sainik Schools has been made and ample woman cadets’ centric infrastructure has been created in present Sainik Schools.
Responding to a query on establishing new Sainik Schools in partnership mode with NGOs/Trusts/Private/Government Schools, the MoS mentioned there isn’t any restriction on establishing an all-women or co-ed Sainik School.
Also, there isn’t any bar by the Sainik School Society on the variety of women that may be given admission to the new Sainik Schools.
One faculty, Samvid Gurukulam Senior Secondary SchoolMathura, in Uttar Pradesh has been accredited as an all-women Sainik School,
The MoS mentioned 36 new Sainik Schools that are co-instructional, have additionally been made operational.
In an earlier reply on December 4 in Rajya Sabha, the Defense Ministry had mentioned that every one 33 Sainik Schools established underneath the erstwhile sample in the nation, together with the three Sainik Schools at Amethi, Jhansi and Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh, are co-instructional. The institution of an all-women Sainik School underneath the erstwhile sample just isn’t into consideration.
