Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister NarendraModi approved the proposal on October 12, 2021.
In line with the approval, affiliated Sainik Schools will be launched under Sainik Schools Society of Ministry of Defence.
These Schools will function as an exclusive vertical and will be distinct and different from existing Sainik Schools.
These schools were affiliated in line with the National Education Policy. Government has also decided to provide an increased focus on value-based education which will enable children to develop pride in rich culture and heritage of India. It will also develop effective leadership among them with discipline, character, sense of national duty & patriotism.
Sainik Schools are the system of schools across India, which are established and managed by Sainik Schools Society under the Ministry of Defence (MoD). These schools were conceived in the year 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon.
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