ADMISSION PROCEDURE

The boys are admitted in classes VI and IX only. The admission is made strictly as per the order of merit in entrance examination and interview subject to medical fitness.

DOMICILE

Only students belonging to either of the following states are eligible for admission in the school:-
(a) Manipur
(b) Nagaland
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Mizoram
(e) Tripura

AGE LIMIT
MANIPUR, NAGALAND AND MIZORAM.
CLASS VI

Boys seeking admission should have completed 10 years of age but not completed 11 years as on 01 July in the year of admission. He should not have appeared for Sainik School Entrance Examination earlier from any other centres in India.

CLASS IX

Boys seeking admission should have completed 13 years of age but not completed 14 years as on 01 July in the year of admission. The boys seeking admission to class IX should be studying in class VIII in a recognized school. He should not have appeared for Sainik School Entrance Examination for Class IX earlier from any other centres in India.

ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND TRIPURA

CLASS VI

Boys seeking admission should have completed 11yearsof age but not completed 12years as on 01 July in the year of admission.

CLASS IX

Boys seeking admission should have completed14 years of age but not completed 15 years as on 01 July in the year of admission. The other conditions will remain the same as mentioned at para 49 (b) above.

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS VI

Paper I
(a)*Mathematical Knowledge test, 100 marks
(b)*Language Ability test, 100 marks Paper II Intelligence Test 100, marks Total Marks 300

FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS IX

Paper I
(a)*Mathematical Knowledge test 200, marks
(b)*Science 075, marks
Paper II
(a)*English 100, marks
(b)*Social Studies 75, marks

NOTE

* The question papers would be given in the form of a combined booklet which has to be answered in one sitting.

MEDIUM OF EXAM

The medium of examination for both classes will be English or another recognised official language. While the question paper for class VI will be set in English as well as in all other recognised official languages, the question paper for class IX will be set in English only. No separate answer sheets are required for both class VI and IX as ample space for answers is provided in question paper itself.

QUALIFYING MARKS IN ENTRANCE EXAM

The minimum qualifying marks for general category candidates as well as for children of Defence Personnel and Ex-Servicemen will be 25% in each subject with 40% in aggregate. In case of SC/ST candidates, minimum qualifying academic standards are not required and they will be admitted on the basis of inter-se merit as evidenced at the entrance examination/interview within these categories. In case a SC/ST candidate comes in the general merit on his own, he would be admitted over and above the reserved seats.

EXAM CENTRES

The Entrance Exam will be conducted simultaneously at the following centres:-
(a) IMPHAL, KOHIMA, AIZAWL, AGARTALA, ITANAGAR
(b) All other Sainik Schools and the centres as fixed by them in their respective states.

NOTE

The school authority reserves the right to cancel any centre, if sufficient numbers of candidates are not available for that centre or for any other reason. The applicants should, therefore, also indicate their second choice of centre.

NOTE1

Those boys who are not the domicile of the five north eastern states of India as mentioned at para 48 of this prospectus but wish to appear in the Entrance Examination being conducted by Sainik School lmphal for admission to other Sainik Schools may obtain the prospectus-cum-application from the Principal of the concerned school in which admission is sought and submit the same to that school who will arrange their test in consultation with Sainik School lmphal at the chosen centres.

INTERVIEW

The interview shall carry maximum marks of 50. The final merit list shall be compiled on the basis of total marks scored in the written exam and the interview. Though it is not mandatory for a candidate to qualify separately in the interview, however, absence from the interview will lead to disqualification.

VACANCIES

The exact number of vacancies will be known only by the month of April/May in the year of examination. Parents willing to admit their wards/sons in other Sainik Schools are to give an undertaking that they are willing to admit their sons/wards in other Sainik Schools as full fee paying students (in case their wards qualify in the test but placed low in the merit list of the school of their domicile) and they will not later on, seek inter-school transfer of their wards.

RESERVATION OF SEATS

67% seats are reserved for candidates belonging to Manipur state and remaining 33% will be shared by the candidates of other states. Out of the total vacancies, 15% seats are reserved for SC and 7.5% for ST candidates, 25% seats are reserved for the wards of Defence Service Personnel including Ex-Servicemen.