Girl cadets to be admitted in Sainik schools across India

As per a government decision, girl cadets will now be admitted to the 33 Sainik schools across India from 2021-2022.

On Wednesday, the government took the decision to admit girl cadets in Sainik schools across India from the academic session 2021-22. Earlier, only boy cadets were allowed admission to Sainik schools. Girl cadets had been admitted to the Mizoram Sainik school in the 2018-2019 session and the success of the same prodded the government to take this decision. A few other Sainik schools had also taken the gender jump in recent years. There are 33 Sainik schools working across India now. "After the success of pilot Project for admission of girl cadets in Sainik School Chhingchhip, Mizoram, in the academic session 2018-19, the government has decided to admit girl cadets along with boys in all Sainik Schools from the academic session 2021-22," Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said in Lok Sabha, as per PTI.