
Sainik School Tilaiya,
Jharkhand
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, India, is a public boarding school established and managed by the
Sainik Schools Society under
Ministry of Defence
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. It is a preparatory school for entry into the defence services —
National Defence Academy
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(NDA),
Khadakwasla, Pune and
Indian Naval Academy
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(INA),
Ezhimala, Kerala.
Honour Code:
"''As a Tilaiyan, I will be truthful, trustworthy, honest and forthright under all circumstances. I will not lie cheat, mislead, or deceive anyone. When I commit a mistake I shall honestly own up of my own free will''."
History and location
The laying of the foundation stone of Sainik School was on 16 Sept 1963. The school was created by the efforts of the then Union Defence Minister, Late
V K Krishna Menon, the then Chief Minister of Bihar, Late
K B Sahay and the Principal Lt Col LEG Smith. Today, it is top ranking nursery to the
NDA.
Located nearly a kilometre away from Tilaiya dam in the district of
Koderma
Kodarma (also spelled as Koderma) is a city and a notified area in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the administrative headquarter of Koderma district.
Demographics
As per the ...
, Sainik School Tilaiya is from the nearest rail head – Koderma on the Howrah – Delhi chord line nearer to
Gaya. The
Chhotanagpur Plateau and
Tilaiya
Tilaiya is a village in the Chandwara CD block in the Koderma subdivision of the Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Tilaiya is located at .
Overview
Koderma district is plateau territory and around 60% o ...
provide a backdrop to the school.
Admission
Entrance to Sainik School, Tilaiya is competitive and coordinated nationally by the
National Testing Agency
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. Students can apply for admissions in Class VI and Class IX. The written exam in Class VI covers questions on mathematics, English (or Hindi) and mental reasoning. The written exam in Class IX includes science and social sciences as subjects, in addition to mathematics, English and mental reasoning. Selected applicants go through interviews and medical examinations before being offered admissions. The likely number of vacancies in every academic year is 120 for Class VI and 20 for Class IX.
In 2020, Sainik School Tilaiya became one of the five Sainik Schools in the country to welcome girls in the academy. Academic session 2021-22 will have the first girl cadets in the school.
Notable alumni
*
Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti, AVSM, VM,
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (India),
Indian Air force
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*
Prakash Jha
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– film producer, actor, director and screenwriter Known Movies (
Damul,
Mrityudand,
Gangaajal
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,
Apaharan,
Rajniti)
*
Chandrashekhar Prasad – student leader, former president of
Jawaharlal Nehru University
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students' union
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, whose assassination led to large student protests in India.
*
Justice Shiva Kirti Singh - Hon'ble Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
*
Manjul Sinha
Manjul Sinha (died 15 January 2025) was an Indian television director.
Life and career
Sinha always wanted to be a director, having grown up in a prominent family who had keen interest in films, having a cinema hall at Patna, film distribution a ...
– Indian television director.
*
Manish Tiwary
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Early life and career
Manish completed his school education from Sainik School Tilaiya, a boarding school in ...
– film director (
Dil Dosti Etc)
*
Shaibal Gupta,
Padma Shri
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– founder member- secretary of
Asian Development Research Institute, Patna
* Manoj Kumar, Ministry of Women and Child Development
* Dheeraj Kumar, IAS
*
Neeraj Kumar, IPS
* Kumar Gaurav, IFS
* Mahendra Kumar, IAS
* Lt. Gen.(Retd.) Shashank Shekhar Mishra, PVSM, AVSM, VSM,
Kumaon Regiment
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,
Indian Army
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Curriculum and life
The school resources allow cadets to develop their skills in sports, academics and other extracurricular activities. Sainik School, Tilaiya is famous for emphasis on extracurricular activities. Infrastructure in Sainik Schools include
running track
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s, cross-country tracks, indoor games,
parade
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grounds, boxing rings,
firing ranges,
canoeing
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A few of the recreational ...
clubs,
horse riding
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clubs,
mountaineering
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clubs,
trekking
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and
hiking
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"Hi ...
club, obstacles courses,
football
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,
hockey
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and
cricket
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fields, as well as
volleyball
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and
basketball
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courts. Cadets also become a part of
NCC. A cadet who completes their 12th standard usually possess a
NCC B certificate.
The academic instruction imparted at the school prepares cadets (as they are called in the school) for the following examinations:
* All India Secondary School Examination (Class – X),
* All India Senior School Certificate Examination (Class – XII) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi under the 10+2 pattern of school education,
* Union Public Service Commission Examination for admission to the National Defence Academy and other Defence Academies,
* Scholarship holders take the NDA Entrance Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission during the +2 stage after passing Class XI. Since there is an emphasis on Science Stream in the NDA curriculum, Sainik Schools cater only to the science stream subjects in Classes XI and XII.
Other activities include co-curricular activities and Socially Useful Productive Work, sports and NCC training.
House
The cadets are arranged into houses which are groups with which they live for seven years. There are twelve houses: Magadh, Gautam, Aryabhatta, Vikram, Patliputra, Vaishali, Kunwar Singh, Mithila, Maurya, Ashoka, Nalanda and Rajgir. There are Inter-House competitions for almost every sport and co-curricular activity which turn fierce at times. At the end of each academic year, the best performing house is awarded "Cock House" trophy. Winning it thrice consequently makes the house "Rooster House". Kunwar Singh house is the only Rooster House as of 2021.
There are two baby houses which host Class-VI cadets for a year when they join: Baidyanath and Parasnath. A new house with name 'Rani Laxmi Bai' has been established for girl cadets.
Departments
* Arts and Crafts
* Biology
* Chemistry
* Computer Science
* English
* Mathematics
* Physics
* Hindi and Sanskrit
* Social Science
References
External links
Official YouTube Channel
{{Indian military academies and colleges
Educational institutions established in 1963
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