The 38SainikiSchools inMaharashtrahave enrolled nearly 11,500 students in secondary sections, but when it came to these students taking admission todefenceinstitutes, the aim in setting up these schools, has not been up to expectations.
The Maharashtra State Council of Education Research and Training (MSCERT) has decided to survey all these schools and find out what has been lacking and frame a new policy. They hope to ensure a maximum number of students to join the DEFENCE Services.
The schools provide military education but a review by the education department revealed that their performance in the last few years after their establishment was unsatisfactory.
Military schools in the state are residential schools and are fully subsidised from the year of approval.
Last year, the Union Government decided to set up 100 new Sainiki schools for girls to join the armed forces and contribute to national security.