GUWAHATI: In a welcome break from custom, the Sainik School Chhingchhip in Mizoram became the primary in the country to confess women into what had, until now, been a male bastion.
Sainik Schools have been established as preparatory schools for entry into the National Defence Academy at Khadakwasla, Pune and the Indian Naval Academy. Both establishments have a historical past of not admitting ladies. The precedent set via the Sainik School in Mizoram, the youngest of the rustic's 26 such schools, may just pave the way for a transformation in the rest of the establishments as well.
"History was created on June 4, when six girls joined the Sainik School Chhingchhip, Mizoram in Class VI along with 54 boys. It has now become the first school under the aegis of the Sainik School Society to induct girl cadets," defence public members of the family officer Colonel C Konwer stated.
He added, "On this history-making occasion, school principal Lt Col Inderjeet Singh welcomed the 2018-19 batch of 60 cadets, including six girls, who were hand-picked after a rigorous selection process."
While the UP Sainik School enrolled women for the primary time in April this yr, this is a state-funded college. It is not the similar as different Sainik Schools, which might be controlled via the Sainik Schools Society - which function without delay below the defence ministry and whose chairperson is the defence minister.
A brainchild of the former defence minister VK Menon, the primary Sainik School was once set up in 1961 at Satara in Maharashtra. Four more such schools have been established later in the similar yr - Kunjpura (Haryana), Kapurthala (Punjab), Balachadi (Gujarat) and Chittorgarh (Rajasthan). The idea behind putting in those establishments was once to get rid of the regional imbalance in the officer cadre of defence services while bringing public college training within achieve of the average guy.
Sainik Schools have been established as preparatory schools for entry into the National Defence Academy at Khadakwasla, Pune and the Indian Naval Academy. Both establishments have a historical past of not admitting ladies. The precedent set via the Sainik School in Mizoram, the youngest of the rustic's 26 such schools, may just pave the way for a transformation in the rest of the establishments as well.
"History was created on June 4, when six girls joined the Sainik School Chhingchhip, Mizoram in Class VI along with 54 boys. It has now become the first school under the aegis of the Sainik School Society to induct girl cadets," defence public members of the family officer Colonel C Konwer stated.
He added, "On this history-making occasion, school principal Lt Col Inderjeet Singh welcomed the 2018-19 batch of 60 cadets, including six girls, who were hand-picked after a rigorous selection process."
While the UP Sainik School enrolled women for the primary time in April this yr, this is a state-funded college. It is not the similar as different Sainik Schools, which might be controlled via the Sainik Schools Society - which function without delay below the defence ministry and whose chairperson is the defence minister.
A brainchild of the former defence minister VK Menon, the primary Sainik School was once set up in 1961 at Satara in Maharashtra. Four more such schools have been established later in the similar yr - Kunjpura (Haryana), Kapurthala (Punjab), Balachadi (Gujarat) and Chittorgarh (Rajasthan). The idea behind putting in those establishments was once to get rid of the regional imbalance in the officer cadre of defence services while bringing public college training within achieve of the average guy.
In a first, Mizoram Sainik School admits girl students
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