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Q148
(NDA-I/2024)
Miscellaneous & General Knowledge › Important Days, Places & Events
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In January 2024, India's first all-girls' Sainik School was inaugurated at :
Explanation
On January 1, 2024, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated India’s first all-girls Sainik School, named Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School, at Vrindavan in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
- Partnership Mode: The school is part of the government's initiative to establish 100 new Sainik Schools in partnership with NGOs, private institutions, and state governments, in addition to the existing 33 schools.
- Objective: It aims to provide quality education in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and offer girls better career opportunities, including joining the Armed Forces.
- Background: This follows the success of a pilot project initiated in 2019 at Sainik School Chhingchhip in Mizoram, which led to the phased admission of girls to all Sainik Schools.
- Capacity: The school has a strength of approximately 870 students and provides military training alongside the CBSE curriculum.
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