AIZAWL, Dec 24: Mizoram
Sainik School (MSS), the 27th and
latest Sainik School in India, has
started to admit girls from the
academic session 2018-19.
MSS, located at Chhingchhip in
Serchhip district, will be the first
Sainik School to admit girl cadets.
Mizoram Governor Lt Gen Nirbhay
Sharma (Retd) expressed his
delight over Central Government’s
decision to allow admission
of girl students starting next academic
session. Being an ardent
advocate of this move, the Governor
said that this shows that there
is equal opportunity for development
in Mizoram and the State
leads the nation in gender equality
and empowerment of women.
“The news is a wonderful gift
to the people of Mizoram on the
joyous occasion of Christmas”,
he added.
The School has already invited applications for admission into 6th
standard for girl cadets. An entrance
examination will be held on January
8, 2018, while applications can
be submitted till December 30.
Girls born between 2-7-2006 and
1-7-2008 (both days inclusive) will
be eligible for this examination.
Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla,
who inaugurated the MSS in May
this year, said initiative had been
taken for establishment of the
Sainik School in 1998. However,
unfortunately the project was
abandoned for ten years (during
the rule of Mizo National Front).
He added that the present State
Government has revived the
project as soon as they came back
to power in 2008.
Thanhawla thanked the 60 landowners
in Chhingchhip who donated
their land for the School without
expecting anything in return.
“It is a wise move as the village
would be the one that would benefit
the most from the school.”-Assam Tribune
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