Sainik School

SAINIK SCHOOL

Sainik School stablished by the Sainik Schools Society, New Delhi in 1961. At present there are 33 schools covering all the states of the country. This school was founded by (late) Shri V.K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, on 24th July, 1961.

The primary aim of the school is to prepare boys academically, mentally and physically for entry into the National Defence Academy. It enables boys/Girls from economically weaker sections of the society to take up an illustrious officer career in the Armed Forces of the nation. Character building, dedication, patriotic outlook and esprit-de-corps are the qualities which are promoted by the Sainik Schools.

The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. The school prepares boys/Girls for compulsory science stream for all India Secondary School and all India Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations. Sports and other co-curricular activities are given equal emphasis along with the academics in the school so as to develop an all round balanced personality of leadership by making NCC training compulsory for all the boys/girls of the school. It helps the boys/Girls to grow as well disciplined young men/Women. Every Sainik School basically caters for the boys/Girls of the home state but certain seats are available for outsider (other sate) also. There is a very liberal scheme of scholarship which is provided by the concerned State Govt./ Union Territory Administration on the basis of income slabs of boy’s parents. The school is a member of the Indian Public Schools Conference (IPSC).

ELIGIBILITY TO APPEAR IN AISSEE 2027

For admission to Class VI:

A candidate should be between 10 and 12 years as on 31 March 2026 for admission to Class VI, i.e. he/she should have been born between 01 April 2015 and 31 March 2017 (both days inclusive) for admission to the academic year 2026-27.

For admission to Class IX:

A candidate should be between 13 and 15 years as on 31 March 2026, for amission to Class IX,

i.e. He/ she should have been born between 01 April 2012 and 31 March 2014 (both days inclusive) for admission to the academic year 2026-27. Admission to Class IX is not open for girls.

He/ she should have passed Class VIII exam from a recognized school at the time of admission.

DURATION OF EXAMINATION:

Exam for admission to	Duration
VI STD	150 Minutes
IX STD	180 Minutes

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:

Mode of Examination: Pen and pencil on OMR answer sheets for admission to both class VI and class IX.

Type of Question: Multiple Choice Questions.

Scheme of Examination is as follows:

(CLASS:VI)

Sec	TOPICS	No. of. Ques	Marks for each ques.	Total Marks
A	MATHEMATICS	50	3	150
B	INTELLIGENCE	25	2	50
C	ENGLISH	25	2	50
D	G.K.	25	2	50
	TOTAL	125		300

For IX STD

Sec	TOPICS	No. of. Que.	Marks for each ques.	Total Marks
A	MATHEMATICS	50	4	200
B	INTELLIGENCE	25	2	50
C	ENGLISH	25	2	50
D	SCIENCE	25	2	50
E	SOCIAL SCIENCE	25	2	50
	Total	150		400

RESERVATION IN CATEGORIES & VACANCIES.

Illustration for total vacancies of 100:

(a) Total seats: 100

(b) Home State/UT 67%: 67

Further distribution of seats within Home State/UT and Other States/UT may be as under:-

Sec	Category	HOME STATE	OTHER STATE	Total
		67 (All candidates belonging to the Home State/UT)	33 (All candidates belonging to Other States/UT)	100
A	SC	15% of 67 = 10	15% of 33 = 05	15
B	S.T	7.5% of 67 = 05	7.5% of 33 = 02	7
C	OBC-NCL	27% of 67 = 18	27% of 33 = 09	27
	Balance Seats	67 – (10 + 05 + 18) = 34	33 – (05 + 03 + 09) = 16	50
D	Defence	25% of 34 = 09	25% of 17 = 04	13
E	General	Balance of 34 - 09 = 25	Balance of 17 - 04 = 13	38
Total		67	33	100