Sainik schools now open for girls also: PM Modi

At present, 33 Sainik schools are operating in the country

All Sainik Schools across the country will now open doors for girls, like the ones in Kodagu and Bijapur in Karnataka.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced during his Independence Day speech on Sunday that all the Sainik Schools across the country would now enrol girls.

“Today I am sharing good news with the countrymen. I used to get lakhs of messages from our daughters that they want to study in the Sainik Schools. The doors of the schools should be opened for them,” Modi said while addressing the nation from the rampart of the Red Fort in Delhi.

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The Ministry of Defence had in 2018-19 launched a pilot project at the Sainik School at Chhingchhip in Mizoram, admitting six girl students.

Six more girls got enrolled in the school in 2019-20 and seven in 2020-21. The success of the pilot project prompted the government to start admitting girls at five more Sainik Schools from the 2020-21 academic session – the ones in Kalikiri in Andhra Pradesh, Ghorakhal in Uttarakhand Chandrapur in Maharashtra and Kodagu and Bijapur in Karnataka.

“Now the Government has decided that all the Sainik Schools will be open for the girls. The daughter too will study in all the Sainik Schools of the Country,” said the Prime Minister.