Sainik School, Ghorakhal

Sainik School Ghorakhal is established Sainik School in 1966. It is located in Ghorakhal, at an altitude of about above sea level amidst the Kumaon Hills in Nainital district of the state of Uttarakhand, India.

History

Sainik School, Ghorakhal was established on 21 March 1966. The school was built on the 500 Acre Ghorakhal Estate of the then Nawab of Rampur, near Bhowali in Nainital District. It was one of the first Sainik Schools to be built. The school started with 60 students in 1966.

Campus

The school is located 4 km from Bhowali and 7 km from Bhimtal. The major landmark is the temple of '' Golu Devta''.

Houses

All students are assigned to their respective "Houses". In total, there are 10 houses, the Shiwalik, Kesari, Kumaon and Singh are the senior houses for class 10th to 12th while Bharat, Abhimanyu ,Luv and Kush are the junior Houses for class 7th to 9th. Dhruv house is for class 6th and Bachendri for girls.

Admission Process

Admissions in the school are carried out annually in the month of April in Class VI and IX only and are based on the merit list of All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination which is normally held on first Sunday of January each year and a Medical Examination conducted at a Military Hospital. The written examination is conducted by National Testing Agency(NTA). For appearing in entrance examination advertisement is published by NTA and online registration forms are made available at their websit
aissee.nta.nic
in the month of September/October. A candidate appearing in entrance exam should be in the age limit of 10-12 years for class VI and 13-15 for class IX as on 31 March of the year in which admission is sought. Earlier there also used to be an Interview which was then followed by the medical examination, but it has been scrapped since 2019 and has invited multiple criticism since.

Achievements

Despite administrative negligence and mismanagement from those in echelons of power its Old Boys Association has always helped the school in every possible manner, the most important one being providing huge financial grants for the purpose of infrastructural and otherwise development of school and regular organization of High Quality and free Medical Camps in school. Considered to be the most prestigious Sainik School, its students have done exceedingly well to achieve the aim of the objectives of the institution. So far more than 800 cadets have joined the National Defence Academy / Indian Naval Academy an
Technical Entry Scheme
(all three being at 5+3+3+4 level) up to July 2023. A large number of the alumni have also joined directly at Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Air Force Academy, INA, Armed Force Medical College and various Paramilitary Forces. Many others have joined various extremely competitive prestigious government services, with Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Services being the most notable. These officers along with Commissioned Officers of Indian Military Forces hold The Commission of The President of India, and are considered as Gazetted Ranks of Group A. The school has the honour of winning "The Raksha Mantralaya Trophy" for sending the largest number of cadets to the NDA a record number of ten times since 2000.

Recently about 58 cadets cleared the 2024 NDA-II Union Public Service Commission Written Examination 31 cadets have been Recommended by SSB and have joined NDA so far.

Prominent Alumni

Alumni of Ghorakhal are called'GHORAKHALIANS'.
Ghorakhal has a number of alumni who has been outstanding in there fields.

In Army:-
Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, PVSM, AVSM (GOC IN C),LIEUTENANT GENERAL VINOD
BHATIA,
PVSM,AVSM,SM,

In Navy:-
Harish Chandra Singh Bisht, PVSM, AVSM, ADC

References

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Sainik schools
Boys' schools in India
High schools and secondary schools in Uttarakhand
Boarding schools in Uttarakhand
Education in Nainital district
Educational institutions established in 1966
1966 establishments in Uttar Pradesh