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Sainik School Korukonda
Sainik School, Korukonda was established at the behest of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the then prime minister of India and Shri V K Krishna Menon, the then Union Defence Minister. It is one of the 18 schools founded by the Union Government. The school informally began on 10th Sep 1961 when Her Highness Smt Bhagirathi Devi, the Rani Saheb of Vizianagaram at the instance of her husband,Lt Col Maharaj Kumar Dr. Vijayanand Gajapati Raju (Sir Vizzy) gave the Korukonda Palace to their nephew, the great philanthropist and educationalist His Highness Shri Poosapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju, The Raja Saheb of Vizianagaram who gifted this palace to run Sainik School. The school was formally founded by Commander Trevor Edmond De Almeida, the first Principal of the school in 18th Jan 1962. The School now ranks as the Best Sainik School and also among one of the best schools of this country.

Aim of the School The primary aim of Sainik School Korukonda is to prepare its cadets academically, physically and mentally for entry into the National Defence ACademy. The other objectives are:

1. To remove regional imbalance in the officer cadre of the Defence Services. 2. To develop qualities of body, mind and character which will enable the young boys of today to become good and useful citizens of tomorrow. 3. To bring public school education within the reach of the common man.

LOCATION The school, spread over a sprawling area of 206 acres, has a beautiful campus with well-laid out roads and buildings. The instructional block of the school is a two storied building with classrooms, well-equipped laboratories, an art and craft gallery and various academic departments. The administrative wing of the school is housed in the Maharaja's Palace. The school has an auditorium with a capacity of 650. a modern swimming pool, eight spacious dormitories for the cadets, a spacious Cadets Mess and two children's parks. It is located at a distance of 11 kms from Vizianagaram Railway Station. Sainik School, Korukonda is one of the 20 Sainik Schools in the country and only one in AP. It is a fully residential school for boys. The school is situated in a quiet, pleasant and spacious estate of woods and greenery.

ORGANISATIONAL SETUP

AFFILIATION The school is affiliated to CBSE and prepares the boys for All India Secondary SChool Examination (Class-X) and All India Senior SChool Certificate Examination (Class - XII) of the CBSE, New Delhi. At the +2 level the school has only the Science stream including Computer SCience as per requirement of NDA. The school also prepares boys for the UPSC examination for entry into NDA. Besides this, the school gives guidance for the boys for other competitive exams like National Talent Search Examinations (NTSE), Maths Olympiad, GK Contests etc.,

RESERVATION The school is a residential school for boys, primarily meant for the students of Andhra Pradesh. However, there are students from other states also. 15% of the total seats are reserved for Scheduled Cstes, 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes and 25% seats of the remaining seats are for the children of service personnel including ex-servicemen. Students participate effectively in the management of their houses, mess, games, sports and cultural activities for exercising the organising abilities and developing qualities of leadership. The present strength of the cadets is 562.

A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

MANAGEMENT The administration of the school vests with an autonomous body known as The Sainik schools Society, under Ministry of Defence which has a Board of Governors with the Indiam Union Defence Minister and Director (TRG) together with two Service Officers of the rank of Colonel or equivalent look after the affairs of all Sainik Schools. In addition, the school has a Local Board of Administration (LBA) with Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command as its Chairman with the Member of Parliament, Visakhapatnam, Jt. Secretary (Fin.) Govt., of AP, Director of School Education Govt. of AP, District Collector, educationists as its members. The Principal is the Member Secretary of the Local Board of Administration (LBA).

The Principal is the chief executive and academic head of the school. He is a Defence Officer of the rank of Colonel/Lt. Colonel or its equivalent in Navy or in Air Force. He is assisted by a Headmaster to look after the school's academics and the Registrar to assist him with the school's administration. Both are Defence service officers of the rank of Major/Capt. or its equivalent in Navy or in Air Force.

ADMISSION PROCEDURE

Boys are admitted to classes VI and IX and they study upto Class XII. Only those boys who are between 10 and 11 years of age as on 01st Jul of the year of admission are eligible for admission in Class VI and for Class IX, candidates should be between 13 and 14 years of age as on 01st Jul. The entry into the school is through an All India Entrance Examination as ordered by the Sainik Schools Society, generally in the month of January every year. Government of Andhra Pradesh is responsible for its conduct at eight centres in Andhra Pradesh. However, it is the responsibility of the Principal to complete the selection process including evaluation of answer sheets, interview etc., The medical check up of the successful candidates are carried out at INHS Kalyani.

TRAINING

ACADEMICS

The school aims at holistic education encompassing the development of all faculties of the students. The teaching technique is highly student friendly and very competitive. The system of monitoring each and every student at various level ensures complete exploitation of the potential of the child. The academic environment of the school is very inspiring and motivating. These yong students learn to be independent at very young age. The leadership training provided by the Officers of the school are of very high standards. The students are made to share responsibilities in various forms at tender age, which gives them an added advantage.

FACULTY The school has 22 highly qualified and experienced masters who work with missionary zeal and devotion. Besides, there are two Physical Training Instructors deputed by the Army Physical Training Core [APTC], who work under a physical education master to conduct the PT and games. The school also gets the services of the coaches from Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh and Eastern Naval Command to train the boys in various sports and games. There are also NCC PI staff (a Subedar and a Havildar) attached to handle the compulsory NCC training and other adventure activities. The NCC Platoon is affiliated ti the 13(A) platoon under the Andhra Pradesh Directorate. The Headmaster of the school is the Camp Commandant of the NCC platoon of the school.

C E R O M O N I E S &  A W A R D S

INVESTITURE CEREMONY It is held to confer the rank badges to the School Cadet Appointments. It is generally held in the month of July.

ANNUAL AND PARENTS DAY It is held in the month of December every year. A large number of parents come from various parts of this State/Country to attend this function.

PASSING OUT PARADE It is held in December for Class XII cadets.

CHAIRMAN's COMMENDATION The Flag Officer Commanding -in- Chief, Eastern Naval Command and Chairman LBA awards commendation certificates to the meritorious Staff members on 15th August every year.

MODERN FACILITIES

SICK BAY

There is a 12 bedded Sick Bay functioning for the cadets with one full time doctor and a nursing assistant. However, there is no diagnostic facility available. A strict check is kept on the health and hygiene of the cadets. No major case/epidemic has been reported so far. Command Medical Officer, INHS Kalyani pays a periodicc visit to the school. The school has a panel of specialists in Vizianagaram who provide secondary medical care. Cases are taken to Visakhapatnam for specialised treatment.

COMPUTER LAB The computer lab of the school has been modernised with the help of donations of 14,000 USD from the old boys working / settled in USA and was inauguarated by Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha PVSM AVSM NM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command on 22nd August 1999. In addition to 21 Pentium II computers, it is equipped with Internet and Multimedia facilities.

LIBRARY The school has an excellent Reading Room cum Library. Newspapers and varieties of magazines are available for reading. It remains open on all seven days of the week.

CINEMA The school has a 35 mm, 16 mm movie theatere. Entertainment films are screened for the boys on Saturdays. Instructional films are also screened in the school.

CANTEEN AND TUCK SHOP The school runs a CSD and Tuck Shop. Goods for canteen are procured from the Canteen Stores Department, Visakhapatnam.

AGRICULTURAL FARM The Farm spread over 10 cares of land caters for the vegetables and fruits supplied to the Mess. It also covers a large area of Social Forestry that includes teak, rose, casurina, eucalyptus, bamboos etc.,

ANIMAL FARM The Saikor Animal Farm consists of Dairy and Goatery. The School is self sufficient in terms of the requirement of milk for the cadets and staff families. It also has a Bio (Gobar) Gas Plant which is connected with the Mess for using the gas as cooking fuel. Goatery is maintained to auction these animals primarily to generate revenue for the school.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS There are two primary schools run by the Sainik School Management Committee namely Saikor English Medium School (SEMS) and Saikor Elementary School (Telugu Medium) for the children of the staff as well as from the adjoining areas.

EXTRA CURRICULAR & NCC ACTIVITIES Special emphasis is given to sports in the school and participation by all boys in atleast two games is compulsory. The school has a sprawling sports complex that has infrastructure facilities for all major games and sports like football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, skating, boxing, gymnastics besides many indoor games. The school has a modern swimming pool of 25 x 15 M size with a filteration plant, a well equipped modern Health Club cum Gymnasium, a Horse Riding Club and facility for playing billiards, table tennis and an Air Rifle shooting range. The school trains its students to participate in the State and National-level championships. The members of the school-shooting club regularly represent the Sainik School Society and the state of Andhra Pradesh in the Junior National shooting championship.

The students are offered a wide range of co-curricular activies / hobby clubs like painting, ship modelling, wood work, photography, philately, music, dance, band, HAM Radio Operation etc, to bring out the latent talents in them. The school also gives emphasis on programmes like social forestry, adult education and 'JANMABHOOMI'(VILLAGE UPLIFTMENT PROGRAMME).

Literary activities like debates, declamation, dramaties, recitation, quiz are organized on a regular basis to hone their skills in such fields. Every year a good number of students of this school take part in competitions and youth festivals organised by the NGO's and other literary societies. Facilities are provided for a large number of hobby clubs each under the incharge of a Master.

Regular guest lectures by Senior Defence Officers, reputed academicians, bureaucrats and professinals are organised for benefit of the students.

Students of all classes are taken on Educational-cum-motivational tour every year. This includes visit to NDA & WNC by class XI and OTA, Chennai by Class X students primarily to motivate the cadets to join the Armed Forces. The senior division Class XII cadets spend a day at sea everty year on board an Indian Naval Ship. courtesy Eastern Naval Command.

NCC training is compulsory for all the students who are admitted to the school. The school imparts training to all three wings of NCC namely Army, Navy and Air Force. In Army wing, the school has Senior Divisions NCC and conduct test for 'B' certificate examination. In addition, the NCC sponsors a wide range of activities like trekking, mountaineering, cycling, rock climbing, para-sailing, scuba diving and a host of adventure activities. Besides this the cadets are trained to attend all India NCC Camps which include the prestigious Republic Day Camp and Thal Sainik Camp at New Delhi.