Sainik School Kazhakootam welcomes first batch of girl cadets

Going forward, Sainik school in the country will reserve 10 percent of the total seats of each year’s admission for girls. 

After the foundation of Sainik School in 1962, this is the first time in history the first batch of girl cadets took admission in Sainik School Kazhakootam (SSKZM) clearing the All India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSEE 2021) for the academic year 2020-21. An official release by Defence stated, “a special assembly was conducted in the school auditorium to welcome the first batch consisting of seven girls from Kerala, two from Bihar and one from Uttar Pradesh, to the Kazhak (Sainik School Kazhakootam) family.”

Conveying wishes for their stay in one of its kind of schools in the state, the Principal, Col Dhirendra Kumar addressed the cadets. The release also stated that to welcome the first batch of girls to the campus, the school’s infrastructure has been changing significantly for the last year.

The release informed that the construction of a new house and dormitory was completed by the beginning of the academic year for them. “Admission of girl cadets in Sainik schools was a successful experimentation in the academic year 2018-19 by Sainik School Society, in Mizoram and subsequently different states of the country took the initiative of admitting girls in their Sainik schools, promoting the spirit within girls to join armed forces and endorsing women empowerment,” the press note stated.

During the 75^th Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced that all the 33 Sainik schools will ensure admission of girl cadets from the current academic year onwards. Going forward, Sainik school in the country will reserve 10 percent of the total seats of each year’s admission for girls, the release added.

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