Sainik School, Kapurthala

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Sainik School Kapurthala is one of 24 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 09 years.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

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 boys only school but daughters of the staff of the school can be admitted. The admission to the school is to grade 6 and 9 only.

The admission process is through an entrance exam normally held in first Sunday of January everyyear. Approximately 2000 students participate in the entrance exam. The selected students are then called up for interview and a medical check up in Feb-Mar. The final list of students is declared by the end of Mar which comprises about 80-120 students.

Houses

There are 12 houses named after great personalities of India:

Subhash
Lajpat
Motilal
Chittranjan
Tagore
Sarojini
Tilak
Bhagat
Patel
Azad
Nalwa
Ranjit

References

↑ http://www.sainikschoolkapurthala.com Official website
↑ sskapurthala.com
↑ http://www.saikapiansabroad.com Home of Saikapians (Old students of Sainik School Kapurthala) living abroad

v t e Schools in Punjab, India

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Sainik School, Kapurthala

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