Assam’s ‘diamond’ Sainik School, one of the oldest in India, has paved the way for a golden phase for its girl cadets.
In 2018, Sainik School Chhingchhip in Mizoram became the country’s first Sainik School to enrol girls. Sainik School Goalpara (SSG), the first of its kind in the northeast, opened its doors for girls three years later.
Established in 1964 in western Assam’s Goalpara town before shifting to its permanent address at Mornai, about 130 km from Guwahati, the SSG is primarily the reason why the armed forces have many officers from the eight northeastern States. It will complete 60 years on November 12.
The Central Board of Secondary Education-affiliated SSG has 650 students from classes 6 to 12. Each section in the secondary classes has 40 cadets (students), 10 of whom are girls.
The inclination of the girls toward the armed forces has raised hopes for the SSG which has for almost a decade “not been able to perform” as an officer feeder institution for the Army, Navy, and the Air Force.
Removing regional imbalance
One of the most celebrated military officers in the northeast is Major Ralengnao Bob Khathing, who led two platoons of the paramilitary Assam Rifles to take possession of Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang in 1950, establishing Indian administrative control along the McMahon Line.
The school has also produced administrators such as the late Jarbom Gamlin, who was the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, former Nagaland Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir and former Assam Additional Chief Secretary Subhash Chandra Das. Among the other notable past pupils is Abhijit Bhattacharya, former captain of the Indian volleyball team
Source The Hindu
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