Admission of girls in Sainik schools now open: MoS Def

New Delhi: The government has approved admission of girls in five Sainik schools for the academic session 2020-21 after a pilot project and now decided to admit girls in all 31 Sainik Schools in the country for which a time-bound action plan will be implemented, Rajya Sabha was told on Monday.

Minister of State for Defence Shripad Yesso Naik said during Question Hour in the Parliament that the government has approved admission of girls in five Sainik Schools — Kalikiri (Andhra Pradesh), Kodagu (Karnataka), Ghorakhal (Uttarakhand), Chandrapur (Maharashtra) and Bijapur (Karnataka) for the academic session 2020-21.

"The pilot project for admission of girl children in Sainik School, Chhingchhip (Mizoram) was started in the academic session 2018-19.," Naik said.

"After its success, the Government has decided to implement admission of girl children in other Sainik Schools," the Minister of State for Defence, added.

In reply to a supplementary, the minister said girls will be admitted in "all 31 Sainik Schools" and for this a "time-bound action will be taken."