Sainik Schools To Be Set In Partnership With Private Players

Bhubaneswar: The Central Government is contemplating to bring a new scheme for setting up Sainik Schools by partnering with NGOs, private schools and State governments across the country.

This was tabled in a written reply by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shripad Naik to a question asked by Kripanath Mallah and others in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

move is aimed at providing better schooling opportunities in ‘CBSE Plus’ type of educational environment by involving government/ private schools/NGOs. The agreement will be in accordance with the Sainik School ethos, value system and national pride, a PIB release read.

It envisages enrolling existing/upcoming schools to be run on the lines of Sainik Schools curriculum. The schools are proposed to be affiliated to Sainik Schools Society. Detailed guidelines and requisite approval are at an advance stage, the release added.