Sainik School Admission 2021: 27% Seats to be Reserved for OBC Students from 2021-22 Session

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On October 30, 2020, Defence Secretary, Mr. Ajay Kumar announced the reservation seats for other Backward Classes (OBC) Reservation in the Sainik Schools. As per the announcement, Sainik Schools will have about 27 % seats reserved for OBC students from the academic year 2021-2022.

In accordance with Defence Secretary, Mr. Ajay Kumar’s official Twitter post, the circular was sent to all the Sainik School principals on October 13, 2020. He tweeted, “OBC reservation to be introduced in Sainik Schools from the year 2021-22.”

OBC reservation to be introduced in Sainik Schools from the year 2021-22.@SpokespersonMoD @adgpi @IAF_MCC @indiannavy @IndiaCoastGuard @DefPROMumbai @HQ_DG_NCC @mhrdschools @cbseindia29 @KSBSectt @SSPurulia @ssbj1963 pic.twitter.com/Kp9ugnBI16
— Ajay Kumar (@drajaykumar_ias) October 30, 2020

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Sainik School Admission 2021: Highlights

Sainik School Society which works under the Ministry of Defence has reserved 67% of the seats for the students coming from the same state or UT while 37% of the seats are reserved for the outsiders.

Read the complete details of the OBC reservation announced by the Sainik School Society in the table below:

Name of the School	Sainik School
Governing Authority	Ministry of Defense
OBC Reservation Announcement Date	October 30, 2020
OBC Reservation Announced by	Mr. Amit Kumar; Defense Ministry
OBC Reserved Seats	27% of the Total Seats
Reservation of Students under List A	67%
Reservation of Students under List B	33%

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As per the Sainik School Society circular, the seat reservation will be divided into 2 lists; "67 percent of the seats in a Sainik school are reserved for candidates from the state or the Union Territory in which the school is located and the remaining 33 percent is reserved for those who come from outside that state or UT”.

Sainik School Society manages 33 schools under the Ministry of Defence. The circular of the Sainik schools already has reservations for various categories.

15 % of the seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 7.5 % seats are for Scheduled Tribes, while 27% of the seats will be reserved for OBC including Non-Creamy Layer and OBC-NCL.

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