Sainik School, Kapurthala

Sainik School, Kapurthala

Sainik School, Kapurthala

Sainik School Kapurthala is one of 21 Sainik Schools across India. The school was inaugurated in July 1961 by the then Defence Minister V.K.Krishna Menon, with the objective of preparing boys for entry into National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla. Its motto is "Knowledge, Humility and Discipline". It is a fully residential school for boys only, providing public school education. It has produced more than 1100 officers for the Indian armed forces through National Defence Academy. It is the only school among the twenty Sainik Schools which has held the Defence Minister’s trophy continuously for seven years.

It is situated in the Kapurthala city of Punjab state, in Jagatjit palace which was formerly the palace of the Maharajah of princely state of Kapurthala, HRH Maharajah Jagatjit Singh Bahadur. Jagatjit palace (location: 31.374 N, 75.392 E) was completed in 1908.

Admission

Sainik School Kapurthala, is a school for students of 6 to 12 grade. It is a purely boys school. Only the daughters of the staff of the school can be admitted to the school. The admission to the school is acceptable in 6 and 9 grade only. The admission process undergoes three exams for each of the two grades. The written exam is held in the month of February each year. Approximately 2000 students participate in the entrance exam. The selected students are then called up for interview and a medical check up in the month of April-may. The final list of students is thus declared by end of may which comprises 80-120 students.

List of Houses

There are Ten houses(Hostel) in the school and they all are named after well known great personalities of India.

1)Subhash

2)Lajpat

3)Motilal

4)Chittranjan

5)Tagore

6)Sarojini

7)Tilak

8)Bhagat

9)Patel

10)Azad

See also

• www.sskapurthala.com/
• Indian Naval Academy
• Indian Military Academy