Sainik School Goalpara
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Sainik School, Goalpara, Assam
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Goalpara, Assam India |
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| Type | Sainik School |
| Motto | सर्व मे साध्यम् |
| Established | 12 November 1964 |
| Grades | Class VI upto XII |
| Gender | Male |
| Age range | 10 to 18 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Houses | Abhimanyu, Bhaskar, Anirudha, Chilarai, Lachit, Lohit, Udaygiri and Ekalavya |
| Affiliations | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| Website | www |
Sainik School Goalpara, Assam, India, was established on 12 November 1964, under the Sainik Schools Society, New Delhi under the Ministry of Defence (India). The idea of Sainik schools were presented by the then Defence Minister V.K.Menon in 1961. The school was initially established in the town of Goalpara which is a district headquarter. Subsequently, the school was shifted to its present location at Rajapara Village in Mornai in Goalpara District. Initially 18 Sainik schools were founded.
Sainik School Goalpara celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 12 Nov 2014. It was a year-long celebration, celebrated with great gusto with the involvement of its Old Boys Association (OBA).
The school is located in the north-eastern part of India. In this north eastern region of India, there are two more Sainik Schools, one at Imphal, Manipur and the other one at Punglwa in Nagaland. The school is situated 18 km from Goalpara town en route capital Guwahati. The nearest police station is Mornoi and railway station is Goalpara. It is a fully residential school having classes from standard 6th to 12th. Besides the school there is a kindergarten school.
Admission to the school is done for two standards - 6th and 9th. The average strength of each class is 90. The aim of the school is to prepare students for the National Defence Academy exam. Till date more than 200 students have joined NDA and around 500 joined the armed forces through other exams like CDS.
There are seven houses for accommodation. These are divided in three groups- sub-junior, junior, senior. Class VI and VII are sub-juniors. Class VIII and IX are juniors. Class X to XII are seniors.
Besides these seven houses there is a mess and auditorium. The school building is in two parts- the Main building and the Science Block. Main block is a 3-story building having classes for class VI to X. All offices of the school are situated in this block. Science block has classrooms for class XI-XII. The block has science laboratories.
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