Sainik School, Amaravathinagar
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Sainik School Amaravathinagar is one among the 24 Sainik School
s in India, located in Tamil Nadu
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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
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Students are selected through an entrance examination (All India level) for the entry into 6th and 9th standard and The selected candidates are given public school education. The cadets with leadership skills are trained to become Officers in all the three forces, Army, Navy and AirForce. Only Indian citizens are eligible for entry into this institution.
's valley. Surrounded by mountains on all sides the campus is seen against the backdrop of the Amaravathi Dam
pattern and the examinations provided by this system.
, music clubs, literary clubs, theater arts, elocution, photography, fine arts, craftwork, philately, aero-modeling, ship-modeling, Marching band
, Choir
in their disciplines and Master of Education
. The faculty and staff also help in the extra/cocurricular activities of the school. Senior Master and English teacher, Mr.A. Santiago Jayaraj Kumar also is the Hockey
coach for the school team. All the staff and faculty live with in the school campus or in Amaravathinagar.
Sainik School
The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society. They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the regional and class imbalance amongst the Officer cadre of the Indian Military, and to...
s in India, located in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
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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
Central Board of Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government of India.-History:...
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History
Sainik School, Amaravathi was started in 1962 as part of the Sainik School system. It was called Sainik School, Madras (SSM) until 1975. Sainik School, Amaravathinagar, was formed with the objective of training cadets to join the National Defence Academy - NDA (NDA provides combined training for the cadets entering into all the three forces in India).Students are selected through an entrance examination (All India level) for the entry into 6th and 9th standard and The selected candidates are given public school education. The cadets with leadership skills are trained to become Officers in all the three forces, Army, Navy and AirForce. Only Indian citizens are eligible for entry into this institution.
Aim
The aim of the school is to prepare the boys academically, physically and psychologically for entry into the National Defence Academy or other walks of life.School colors and crest
The school colors are steel grey and blood red. Grey stands for strength and red for extreme devotion to duty and comradeship.In the school crest, the swords represents valour and the lamp stands for knowledge and wisdom. The gopuram symbolises the culture and genius of Tamil Nadu.Campus
The school campus occupies 240 acre (0.9712464 km²) in the Indira Gandhi National ParkIndira Gandhi National Park
Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is a protected area named after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who visited the park on October 7, 1961. It is often called "Topslip", a village in the northeast corner of the park which is the main visitor center. This name is derived from the local...
's valley. Surrounded by mountains on all sides the campus is seen against the backdrop of the Amaravathi Dam
Amaravathi Reservoir
Amaravathi Reservoir at Amaravathinagar, south on SH 17 from Udumalpet, is located in Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in Tirupur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The reservoir was created by the steep Amaravathi Dam built across the Amaravathi River. Amaravathi river is tributary...
Academics
The education in the school follows CBSECentral Board of Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government of India.-History:...
pattern and the examinations provided by this system.
Athletics and extracurriculars
Football, hockey, volleyball, basketball, cricket, athletics, cross-country running, swimming, gymnastics, canoeing, cycling, horse riding, mountaineering, parasailing, trekking (hiking), obstacles course, rifle shooting, boxing, NCCNational Cadet Corps (India)
The National Cadet Corps is the Indian military cadet corps with its Headquarters at New Delhi. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis....
, music clubs, literary clubs, theater arts, elocution, photography, fine arts, craftwork, philately, aero-modeling, ship-modeling, Marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
, Choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
Culture and social life
- Present day Students and the alumni call themselves Amaravians as is the case with all sainik schools.
- Houses / dormitory:
- CheraChera dynastyChera Dynasty in South India is one of the most ancient ruling dynasties in India. Together with the Cholas and the Pandyas, they formed the three principle warring Iron Age Tamil kingdoms in southern India...
- Blue - Bow and Arrow - CholaChola DynastyThe Chola dynasty was a Tamil dynasty which was one of the longest-ruling in some parts of southern India. The earliest datable references to this Tamil dynasty are in inscriptions from the 3rd century BC left by Asoka, of Maurya Empire; the dynasty continued to govern over varying territory until...
- Red - Tiger - PandyaPandyan KingdomThe Pandyan dynasty was an ancient Tamil dynasty. The Pandyas were one of the four Tamil dynasties , which ruled South India until the 15th century CE. They initially ruled their country Pandya Nadu from Korkai, a seaport on the Southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula, and in later times moved...
- Yellow - Golden Fish - PallavaPallavaThe Pallava dynasty was a Tamil dynasty which ruled the northern Tamil Nadu region and the southern Andhra Pradesh region with their capital at Kanchipuram...
- Green - Lion - ValluvarValluvarValluvar is a caste belonging to the Hindu community in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. They are the hereditary priests preaching and practicing Astrology, Astromomy and Medicine in Tamil Nadu.They are the subset of sambavars.- Origin :...
- All the Students with the Even Roll numbers will be admitted into Valluvar house in 6th Std. - Bharathi - All the Students with the Odd Roll numbers will be admitted into Bharathi house in 6th Std.
- Chera
- Students from 6th std will be in either valluvar or Bharathi houses based on the Roll Numbers. Students will be divided into 4 houses namely Chera, Chola, Pandya and Pallava from 7th Std. 7th std to 9th std Students will be in respective junior houses and 10th std to 12th std students will be in respective senior houses.
- School badge: SSA
- School color: blood red and steel grey.
- Uniform: khakiKhakiThis article is about the fabric. For the color, see Khaki . Kaki, another name for the persimmon, is often misspelled "Khaki".Khaki is a type of fabric or the color of such fabric...
- School day celebration is celebrated over two days every year in the month of December.
- Students will have two vacations every year. Winter Vacation from 4th week of December until 3rd week of January and Summer vacation will be from the 1st week of April until last week of May.
- Inter house competitions are held throughout the year. Each house will get some points based on their performance. The house which gets more points at the end of the year will be winner of the year.
- The school has a cinema hall called 'Sahni' named after the first principal of the school.
- The school has a library and reading room with magazines and periodicals.
- The class rooms are named after the famous rivers of India.
School information
- Joining NDA is an ambition for most of the students
- NDA selection is done in 2 stages by a single competitive examination for all the three forces followed by an interview conducted by the Services Selection BoardServices Selection BoardServices Selection Board is the Personality and Intelligence Interview spread over 5 days which scientifically analyses each candidate's potential and compatibility for commission into the Armed Forces of India.-Introduction:...
- An entrance examination is conducted to select students
Faculty
The average education of the faculty teacher is Master's degreeMaster's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in their disciplines and Master of Education
Master of Education
The Master of Education is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum and instruction, counseling, and administration. It is often conferred for educators advancing in...
. The faculty and staff also help in the extra/cocurricular activities of the school. Senior Master and English teacher, Mr.A. Santiago Jayaraj Kumar also is the Hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
coach for the school team. All the staff and faculty live with in the school campus or in Amaravathinagar.
Trivia
- The school kicking off Golden Jubilee celebration on 2011 July, 16th
- The roll number and house is the identity of every Amaravian.
- The school academic campus has a Harvard/Texan T-6 warbirdT-6 TexanThe North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...
preserved for display. - Faculty and staff children (boys and girls) are admitted as day scholarsDay pupilDay pupils are students who attend boarding school but who are not boarders and who travel between home and school every day...
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