Kerala: Kazhakoottam Sainik School opens its doors to girl cadets

The first batch consists of seven girls from Kerala, two from Bihar and one from Uttar Pradesh. Every Sainik School will reserve 10% of total seats for girl cadets from this academic year onwards

Kazhakoottam: For the first time since its foundation in 1962, Kerala's Kazhakoottam Sainik School welcomed girl cadets to its campus. The first batch of girls got enrolled in the school after clearing the All India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSEE 2021) for the academic year 2021-22.

As per the official release, a special assembly was conducted in the school auditorium to welcome the first batch consisting of seven girls from Kerala, two from Bihar and one from Uttar Pradesh, to the Kazhak (Sainik School Kazhakootam) family.

Principal Colonel Dhirendra Kumar addressed the cadets and conveyed his wishes for their stay in one of its kind of schools in the state. The school's infrastructure has undergone tremendous changes in the past year to accommodate girls. The construction of a new house and dormitory was completed by the beginning of the academic year.

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Sainik School Society in Mizoram started giving admission to girl cadets in the academic year 2018-19. Subsequently, other states followed suit in admitting girls to their Sainik schools encouraging girls to join armed forces in an effort to endorse women empowerment.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 75th Independence Day Speech announced that all the 33 Sainik Schools will ensure admitting girl cadets from the current academic year onwards. Accordingly, 10 per cent of the total seats of each year's admission will be reserved for girls in every Sainik School in the country.

ANI