Defence - New Sainik Schools

Ministry of Defence
New Sainik Schools

11 DEC 2019

Government is considering to set up new sainik schools in various states across the country. Status of proposals for opening of new Sainik Schools requested by different States is as under:-

S.No.	District	State	Remarks/Status
1	Amethi	Uttar Pradesh	Will commence w.e.f. 01.04.2020
2	Sambalpur	Odisha	Will commence w.e.f. 01.04.2020
3	Alwar	Rajasthan	Memorandum of Agreement signed
4	Rudraprayag	Uttarakhand	Memorandum of Agreement signed
5	Warangal	Telangana	Memorandum of Agreement signed

Sainik Schools are established on receipt of a request from State Government agreeing to provide land alongwith funds for the creation and maintenance of basic infrastructure, purchase of equipments and other facilities besides scholarships for the cadets belonging to the State. On receipt of proposal from the State Government, an inspection of the proposed site is carried out by the officials of Sainik Schools Society to ascertain its suitability.

Sainik Schools have produced some of the best officers in the Indian Armed Forces and eminent personalities in the field of public service, administration and media.

The Government is satisfied with the performance/standard of education of Sainik Schools. Sainik Schools have proven their utility by providing a large number of cadets joining the National Defence Academy/Indian Naval Academy/Officers Training Academy etc. Further, regular in-service programmes are conducted to the teaching staff to keep them abreast with the evolving educational requirements.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri Sudarshan Bhagat and others in Lok Sabha today.

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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, in a written reply to a question on primary education, told the House that 5.56 lakh or 16.82 per cent of the total sanctioned posts in schools across states and union territories were vacant as on March 31.

Replying to another question, he gave details as per which out of 16,823 sanctioned teaching posts (2,386 professors, 4,747 associate professors and 9,690 assistant professors) in various central universities under University Grants Commission (UGC), 5,983 posts were vacant.

Among the vacancies as on June 30 are posts of 1,284 professors, 2,185 associate professors and 2,514 assistant professors.

The HRD minister also said that out of 454 total teaching posts in Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), 175 were vacant as on February 29.

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