Sainik School Goalpara
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Sainik School Goalpara, Assam
was established on November 12,1964 under the ministry of defence. The idea of sainik schools
were presented by the then defence minister V.K.Menon in 1961. Initially total of 18 sainik schools were founded. The school is located in North-Eastern part of India
. In this region there is one more Sainik School in Imphal
, Manipur
. The school is situated 18 km from Goalpara
town en route capital Guwahati
. The nearest police station
is Mornoi and railway station is Goalpara. This is one of the premiere institute of the region. It is a fully residential school
having classes from standard 6th to 12th. Besides the school there is a kindergarten
school also. The admission to the school is done for two standards - 6th and 9th. The average strength of each class is approximately 90. The main aim of the school is to prepare students for prestigious National Defence Academy exam. Till date more than 200 students have joined NDA and around 500 joined the armed forces
through various other exams like CDS
.
ABHIMANYU HOUSE- This house was named after Arjun
's son Abhimanyu
. This house accommodates Class VI students.
BHASKER HOUSE- This house is for Class VII students.
ANIRUDHHA HOUSE - This house is for Class VIII students.
CHILARAI, LACHIT , LOHIT , UDAYGIRI - These are the senior houses. These accommodates class IX to class XII.
Besides these seven houses there is a fully functional mess of inhouse strength of 1000. This makes it on of biggest eating area of region. There is a fully functional state of art auditorium
of strength of 1100. The school building is divided into two parts- Main building and 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 classroom
s for class XI-XII. This block has various science laboratories.
1.PRINCIPAL - He is the supreme authority of the school. He is appointed by Ministry of Defence. The duration of principal's tenure is not fixed but its generally 2–3 years.
2.HEADMASTER- He is the head of academic affairs. There are around 50 teaching staffs along with 35 sub-ordiantes. Amongst all the teachers , there is Senior Master whose work is to manage all academic activities and acts as a liaison for teachers and Headmaster.
3.REGISTRAR :- He is the chief of all activities sparing academics. He is responsible for infrastructure development of the school.
There are various sports grounds inside school campus. There are 5 football field
s, 8 basketball
courts, 6 volleyball
courts, 2 lawn tennis courts, 2 cricket
grounds, 4 handball
grounds; besides these there is an eight-lane 400-meter track for athletics which includes various venues for other track and field events like high jump
, triple jump
, long jump
, disc throw, shot put throw, javelin throw, pole-vault etc. Every year annual sports meet is held in the month of December in which best house for athletics meet is judged on the basis of all track and field events.
In each session, various activities are organised. Each sport has a championship and winner is called the champion of that sport. Also there is a trophy being given to each champion at Annual Prize Distribution ceremony being held before winter break.
Academic events
Each year various events like debate, extempore, recitation, general knowledge quiz, essay writing etc. are organised in all three languages - English, Hindi, Assamese at each three levels - senior, junior, subjunior.
Cultural events
Each year annual cultural day is celebrated along with other annual events before winter break. There is annual dramatics competition held in the month of November each year. This is one of the most exciting events held in the school.
Other events
The main motto of the school is all round development of the cadets by making them tough - both physically and mentally.
Boys finally selected are called for admission in June every year and is a fully residential school.
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
was established on November 12,1964 under the ministry of defence. The idea of sainik schools
Sainik School
The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society. They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the regional and class imbalance amongst the Officer cadre of the Indian Military, and to...
were presented by the then defence minister V.K.Menon in 1961. Initially total of 18 sainik schools were founded. The school is located in North-Eastern part of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. In this region there is one more Sainik School in Imphal
Imphal
Imphal is the capital of the Indian state of Manipur.In the heart of the town and surrounded by a moat, are ruins of the old Palace of Kangla. Kangla Fort used to be the home of the Assam Rifles, a paramilitary force and on November 2004 it was handed over to state of Manipur by Prime minister Dr....
, Manipur
Manipur
Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...
. The school is situated 18 km from Goalpara
Goalpara
Goalpara is the district headquarter of Goalpara district, Assam, India. It is situated west of Guwahati.-Etymology:The name of Goalpara is said to have originally derived from `Gwaltippika` meaning `Guwali village` or the village of the milk men. In the local dialect "para" means...
town en route capital Guwahati
Guwahati
Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...
. The nearest police station
Police station
A police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.- Facilities...
is Mornoi and railway station is Goalpara. This is one of the premiere institute of the region. It is a fully residential school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
having classes from standard 6th to 12th. Besides the school there is a kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
school also. The admission to the school is done for two standards - 6th and 9th. The average strength of each class is approximately 90. The main aim of the school is to prepare students for prestigious National Defence Academy exam. Till date more than 200 students have joined NDA and around 500 joined the armed forces
Armed forces
The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external aggressors. In some countries paramilitary...
through various other exams like CDS
Combined Defence Services Examination
The "Combined Defense Services" Examination or the CDS Exam is conducted twice a year by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment into the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy...
.
House system
There are total 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 called seniors.ABHIMANYU HOUSE- This house was named after Arjun
Arjuna
Arjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...
's son Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu is a tragic hero in the Hindu epic, the Mahābhārata. He is the son of Arjuna and Subhadra, who is the half-sister of Lord Krishna...
. This house accommodates Class VI students.
BHASKER HOUSE- This house is for Class VII students.
ANIRUDHHA HOUSE - This house is for Class VIII students.
CHILARAI, LACHIT , LOHIT , UDAYGIRI - These are the senior houses. These accommodates class IX to class XII.
Besides these seven houses there is a fully functional mess of inhouse strength of 1000. This makes it on of biggest eating area of region. There is a fully functional state of art auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
of strength of 1100. The school building is divided into two parts- Main building and 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 classroom
Classroom
A classroom is a room in which teaching or learning activities can take place. Classrooms are found in educational institutions of all kinds, including public and private schools, corporations, and religious and humanitarian organizations...
s for class XI-XII. This block has various science laboratories.
Official Structure
Sainik Schools have three officers from defence forces. They are Principal , Headmaster & Registrar.1.PRINCIPAL - He is the supreme authority of the school. He is appointed by Ministry of Defence. The duration of principal's tenure is not fixed but its generally 2–3 years.
2.HEADMASTER- He is the head of academic affairs. There are around 50 teaching staffs along with 35 sub-ordiantes. Amongst all the teachers , there is Senior Master whose work is to manage all academic activities and acts as a liaison for teachers and Headmaster.
3.REGISTRAR :- He is the chief of all activities sparing academics. He is responsible for infrastructure development of the school.
Activities
Sporting activitiesThere are various sports grounds inside school campus. There are 5 football field
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
s, 8 basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
courts, 6 volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
courts, 2 lawn tennis courts, 2 cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
grounds, 4 handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
grounds; besides these there is an eight-lane 400-meter track for athletics which includes various venues for other track and field events like high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
, triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
, long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
, disc throw, shot put throw, javelin throw, pole-vault etc. Every year annual sports meet is held in the month of December in which best house for athletics meet is judged on the basis of all track and field events.
In each session, various activities are organised. Each sport has a championship and winner is called the champion of that sport. Also there is a trophy being given to each champion at Annual Prize Distribution ceremony being held before winter break.
Academic events
Each year various events like debate, extempore, recitation, general knowledge quiz, essay writing etc. are organised in all three languages - English, Hindi, Assamese at each three levels - senior, junior, subjunior.
Cultural events
Each year annual cultural day is celebrated along with other annual events before winter break. There is annual dramatics competition held in the month of November each year. This is one of the most exciting events held in the school.
Other events
- Annual Cross Country RunningCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Annual Obstacles competition
- Annual Drills competition
National Cadet Corps
Sainik School Goalpara has a fully functional wing of NCC. The 27th Coy of NCC is located inside school premises to train the cadets. Each friday after , there is NCC classes for 90 minutes. The school has very active participation in REPUBLIC DAY PARADE, NEW DELHI. The cadets are entitled to get NCC 'A' certificate after class X and NCC 'B'certificate after class XII.The main motto of the school is all round development of the cadets by making them tough - both physically and mentally.
Admissions
Only boys are admitted in class VI and IX between the age group 10-11 years for class VI and 13-14 years for class IX as on 2nd July of the year of admission through all India Entrance Examination normally held in 3rd week of January followed by Interview and medical examination held in April/ May every year.Boys finally selected are called for admission in June every year and is a fully residential school.