Sainik School, Ghorakhal
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Sainik School Ghorakhal | |
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Motto | School Motto: Buddhiryasya Balantasya (One Who has Intelligence, has True Power) |
Established | 21 March 1966 |
Founder | Wg. Cdr. Jaimal Singh |
Principal | Group Captain V S Dangwal |
Grades | Class VI up to XII |
Gender | Boys and Girls |
Age | 10 to 18 |
Enrollment | 525 |
Campus size | 500-acre (2.0 km2) |
Colour(s) | Maroon |
Affiliation | Central Board of Secondary Education, India |
Demonym(s) | Ghorakhalians/Ghorakhalis/Ghoras |
Houses | Abhimanyu, Singh, Kumaon, Kesari, Shiwalik, Bharat, Luv, Kush, Dhruv and Bachendri |
Website | http://www.ssghorakhal.org |
Sainik School Ghorakhal is a
History
Sainik School, Ghorakhal was established on 21 March 1966. to be built. The school started with 60 students in 1966.
Campus
The school is located 4 km from
Houses
All students are assigned to their respective "Houses". In total, there are 9 houses, the Shiwalik, Kesari, Kumaon and Singh are the senior houses while Dhruv, Luv, Kush, Abhimanyu and Bharat are the junior Houses.[2]
Admission Process
Admissions in the school are carried out annually in the month of April in Class VI and IX only and are based on the merit list of All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination which is normally held on first Sunday of January each year and a Medical Examination conducted at a Military Hospital. The written examination is conducted by National Testing Agency(NTA). For appearing in entrance examination advertisement is published by NTA and online registration forms are made available at their website aissee.nta.nic in the month of September/October. A candidate appearing in entrance exam should be in the age limit of 10-12 years for class VI and 13-15 for class IX as on 31 March of the year in which admission is sought. Earlier there also used to be an Interview which was then followed by the medical examination, but it has been scrapped since 2019 and has invited multiple criticism since.
Achievements
Despite administrative negligence and mismanagement from those in echelons of power its
Recently about 70 cadets cleared the 2022 NDA-II and 2023 NDA-I Union Public Service Commission Written Examination and with 2 cadets in the top 10 of overall 2023 merit list 30 cadets have been Recommended by SSB and have joined NDA so far.
References
- ^ "Introduction". www.ssghorakhal.org. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "HOUSES". www.ssghorakhal.org. Retrieved 17 November 2022.