Sainik School, Kunjpura
| Sainik School, Kunjpura | |
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Kunjpura, Karnal district, Haryana, India India |
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| Type | Sainik School |
| Motto | सिद्धिम् सन्नद्ध 'Ready to Accomplish' |
| Established | 1961 |
| School district | Karnal |
| Headmaster | Wg Cdr S.K. Sharma |
| Number of students | 620 in classes VI to XII |
| Campus | 276 acres (1.12 km2) |
| Affiliation | Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi |
| Website | sskunjpura.org |
Coordinates: 29°43′41″N 77°03′29″E / 29.72806°N 77.05806°E
Sainik School, Kunjpura is one of the first five Sainik Schools (military school) established by the 'Sainik Schools Society' in 1961 in India and was the first Sainik School in the state of Haryana. It was set up prepare students for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune. The school comes under the control of the state government and Ministry of Defence.
Situated west of Kunjpura village in Karnal district of Haryana, the school stands on a 275 acres (1.11 km2) campus and is situated 10 km northeast of Karnal city and 130 km north of Delhi.
More than 575 students from the school have qualified for the National Defence Academy (NDA). The school made news when a record 16 students qualified for joining the NDA in 2006 through the written examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the subsequent interview conducted by Services Selection Board (SSB) and the number increased to twenty in 2008.
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