Sainik School Reservation Criteria

Reservation for Girls Candidates

• 10% of the strength of Class VI or 10 number seats (whichever is higher) will be reserved for girls candidates in any school.
• One seat per category for girls will be allotted in Girls admission.

Home State/Other State Quota

• 67% of the seats are reserved for candidates domiciled in the State/UT where the Sainik School is located.
• 33% of the seats are reserved for candidates from Other States and Union Territories (UT).

Reservation Within Each Category

• Within each category of Home State/UT and Other States/UT quota, seats will be reserved as follows:
  • 15% for Scheduled Caste (SC)
  • 7.5% for Scheduled Tribe (ST)
  • 27% for Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC NCL) as per the central list.

Defense Personnel Quota

25% of the remaining seats (balance 50.50%, after SC/ST,OBC-NCL) in the Home State/UT and Other States/UT quota are reserved for the wards of defense personnel (Serving personnel of Indian Army/Indian Airforce/Indian Navy) and ex-servicemen.

Merit-Based Allotment for Other States/UT Quota

In the "Other States/UT" quota, seats will be allotted in each category as per merit, subject to a maximum limit of 25% of vacancies in all the categories (i.e., SC, ST, OBC-NCL, DEF & GEN) for each State or Union Territory. For example, if there are 10 seats in the Other States/UT Category, candidates of any particular State/UT will not be granted more than 3 seats (25% of 10, rounded off).

Reservation in Approved New Sainik Schools

Criteria of domicile or category are not applicable for admission to Sainik School Stream of the approved New Sainik schools.

Additional Information

To know more about the seats available in each school, visit our Seat Matrix for Class 6 , Seat Matrix for Class 9 pages.