Sainik School, Balachadi

Sainik School
Location
Balachadi, Jamnagar, Gujarat
India
Information
Type Sainik School, Boarding School
Motto "Yogah Karmshu Kaushalam"
Established July 8, 1961
Principal Defence officers
Faculty 30
Gender Boys
Number of students 575
Area 432 acres (1.75 km2)
Houses Sardar Patel
Nehru
Shastri
Garuda
Angre
Shivaji
Pratap
Tagore
Color(s) house wise
Saffron
Maroon
Skyblue
Green
Blue
Magenta
Gray
Yellow
Endowment Under Ministry of Defence
Affiliations CBSE
Website http://www.ssbalachadi.org/

The Sainik school at Balachadi, Gujarat is one of 20 Sainik Schools in India. It was established in 1961. It is an English medium, residential school for boys providing public school education with a military bias up to 10+2 stage as per the Central Board of Secondary Education.

History

The Sainik School of Gujarat was started on 8 July 1961 at Jamnagar. It was established in the two blocks of Irwin hospital. To provide better facilities, the institution was shifted to its present location at Balachadi. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Prime Minister of India, presented the school its colours on 7 March 1965.

Location

The school is located in the Balachadi Estate which is 32 km away from Jamnagar. The Balachadi Estate was formerly a sea side summer resort that belonged to the rulers of Nawanagar State. The estate comprises 426 acres of land in the mangrove rich coastal belt of Saurashtra at the Gulf of Kutch.

There was a campsite for Polish refugee children of World War II, built by K. S. Digvijaysinhji, Jam Saheb Maharaja of Nawanagar in 1942, near his summer resort. He gave refuge to hundreds of Polish children rescued from Polish and Soviet camps.[1][2] The campsite is now part of the Sainik School.[3]

Mission

The scheme to establish Sainik schools was introduced in 1961 with the primary aim of preparing boys academically, physically and mentally for entry into the National Defence Academy and Defence Forces of India.

The objectives of the scheme are:

Activities

Outdoor games include football, basketball, hockey, volleyball, cricket, badminton, tennis, and squash. Inter house competitions in all these events are organized, and athletic competitions (track and field) are held. Club activities include art club, craft club, story - telling club, physics club, chemistry club, bio club, bird watching club, computer club and trekking club. The school encourages cadets to participate in inter-school competitions, in debates, declamation, quiz competitions, essay writing, poetry composing, short story writing, drawing and painting and all sports and games events. The school sends a large number of cadets to attend camps (NCC and others) organized around the country. The Literary Club English and Hindi organizes the inter-house competitions in declamation, debate, essay writing, poetry, recitation, spelling competition, science quiz, general quiz, weekly news analysis, and group discussions.

There are tours to National Defence Academy, Indian Military Academy and defense establishments in Mumbai, Cochin, Bangalore, Madras, and Hyderabad; educational tour to historical places; cycle expedition for class IX; and a trekking expedition.

School routine

Day starts with morning parade under the guidance of physical training instructors from the Army Physical Training Corps/NCC Instructors. This, followed by a bath and change and the breakfast. Classes begin at 0830 hrs. Classes run up to 1330 hrs with two short intervals in the first of which cadets are given light refreshments, served centrally. After the classes, they go for lunch. The time between 1400 and 1700 hrs is used for academically weak students to go for their remedial classes while others do homework, engage in some club activities, pursue hobbies, ready their kit, or garden. There are evening games outdoor from 1700 to 1800 hrs. Evening prep gives the cadets sufficient time to do their homework and clear their doubts. Dinner is at 2030 hrs.

National Cadet Corps

All the boys are enrolled into the National Cadet Corps and follow a combined syllabus of the three services (Army, Navy and Air Force). The school possesses a full-fledged NCC company.

Admission

The scheme of entrance comprises two parts: the written exam and the medical examination with an interview. Candidate who qualify in the written examinations are called for medical examination and interview.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Little Warsaw Of Kathiawar". Outlook. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Good Maharaja saves Polish children - beautiful story of A Little Poland in India". newdelhi.mfa.gov.pl. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Origin and History". Welcome to Sainik School Balachadi. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

Coordinates: 22°35′53″N 70°12′29″E / 22.598°N 70.208°E / 22.598; 70.208

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