Girl students will, for the first time, be enrolled in the Sainik School in Assam’s Goalpara district from the 2021-22 academic session. ,

Girls will be enrolled from the sixth standard.

This will provide talented girls from the state a golden opportunity to prepare themselves to serve the nation by joining the country’s defence services, said a defence statement.

The school authorities will arrange for the necessary infrastructure, education and training facilities in the school campus to promote the all-round development of the girls of the region.

Since its inception in 1964, 300 students from the Sainik School have joined the defence forces as officers. A good number of its alumni have also joined different administrative services.

Interested students can access the details regarding the admission process by logging into the web site : https://aissee.nta.nic.in.

The last date for submission of the application forms is November 19.