Odisha To Have Another Sainik School
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the setting up of 21 new Sainik Schools, in partnership with NGOs/private schools/State Governments. One among these recently endorsed Sainik Schools will be set up in Dhenkanal district of Odisha. This will be the second Sainik School in Odisha after the one in Bhubaneswar which was laid out in 1962.
These schools will be set up in the underlying period of the public government’s drive of setting up 100 new Sainik schools across the nation in partnership mode. They will be distinct from the existing Sainik Schools. The proposed Sainik School at Dhenkanal has been named Sanskar Public School (Abakash Foundation).
The new academic session for these newly approved Sainik Schools is scheduled to begin in the first week of May 2022. With an aim to establish 100 new Sainik schools across the country in a partnership model, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Saturday approved the setting up of 21 such schools, in partnership with NGOs, private schools or state governments.
The objectives behind setting up 100 new Sainik schools is to provide quality education to students in tune with the National Education Policy and give them better career opportunities, including in the Armed Forces. It also gives an opportunity to the private sector to work hand-in-hand with the government towards nation building.
Unlike the existing Sainik schools that are completely residential, seven will be day schools and the rest will have residential arrangements. Besides their affiliation to the respective education boards, the schools will function under the aegis of Sainik Schools Society and will follow the rules and regulations in partnership mode prescribed by the society.
