Sainik School India

CHAPTER 5 ADMISSION AND RESERVATIONS 5.1 ADMISSION: Candidates are advised to go through the Admission Policy/procedure hosted on the website of the Sainik Schools and understand the procedure clearly.

Tentative Intake at Class VI and Class IX level in each of the Schools is given in Appendix VI. Registration for admission is for a particular school, under a particular category opted by the candidate. Admissions will be made purely on merit within each category based on the marks secured in the entrance exam subject to medical fitness and verification of requisite documents.

5.2 RESERVATION: 67% of the seats are reserved for candidates domiciled in the State/ UT where the Sainik School is located.

33% of the seats are reserved for candidates from Other States and Union Territories(UT).

Within each Category of Home State/ UT and Other States/ UT quota, seats will be reserved on the following lines: a) 15% of the seats are reserved for the category Scheduled Caste (SC), b) 7.5% for the category Scheduled Tribe (ST) and c) 27% for the category Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non Creamy layer (OBC-NCL) as per the central list.

Thus, 49.50% of the seats in Sainik School are reserved on the above mentioned lines.

Out of the balance 50.50% of the seats in the Home State/ UT and Other States/ UT quota, 25% of the seats are reserved for the wards of defence personnel and ex-servicemen.

In “Other States/ UT” quota, seats will be allotted in each category as per merit, subject to a maximum limit of 25% of vacancies in the category for any State or Union Territory. For example, if there are 10 seats in Other States/UT General Category, not more than 3 seats will be allotted to any one State, i.e. 25% of 10 or 2.5 rounded off to 3.

In Class VI of each Sainik School, 10% of the total vacancies or 10 seats, whichever is more, are reserved for girls.

Please see Appendix V and VI for more details in this regard.

Candidates are also advised to regularly check the website https://aissee.nta.nic.in or the respective school website for information on: 14