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The defence ministry has written to the Bengal government, urging it to offer more financial support to meritorious students in Sainik School, Purulia. Officials believe that this will help the school get better talent.
Annual fees and other charges for every student come to nearly Rs 73,000. The defence ministry allows a subsidy of Rs 15-17,000 for meritorious students. The state provides subsidy for only those families whose annual income is Rs 1,60,000 or less.
Every year, 550-580 students appear for the entrance examination to the Sainik School in Purulia. Of them, 65-70 are selected.
In Sainik Schools elsewhere, the number of candidates range from 3,000 to 12,000 and only the best get through. But then, states like Bihar grant scholarships of over Rs 40,000 per annum to deserving candidates.
The maximum scholarship that West Bengal provides is Rs 10,500 for only those whose parents earn less than whose annual income is Rs 80,000 annually.
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Poor
English skills mar NDA hopes
PURULIA: The decision to do away with
English teaching in primary schools in West Bengal during the Left Front regime
was partly to blame for fewer students from the state joining the National
Defence Academy (NDA)and building a career in the armed forces During the
Golden Jubilee celebrations of Sainik School, Purulia, on Sunday, former cadets
- many of whom have retired as senior officers in the Army, Navy and Air Force
- rued the fact that the present generation of students is not skilled enough
in communicative English to clear the Services Selection Board (SSB) interview
for entry into the NDA.
The tests and interviews can also be given in Hindi, but Bengal students fare worse in that language, too.
"Even this year, 47 out of 52 cadets who appeared from Sainik School, Purulia, cleared the UPSC exam. We are keeping our fingers crossed. Though many cadets clear the UPSC, the SSB turns out to be a stumbling block. Many do not prepare well as their parents want them to become engineers or doctors. Others can't make it through as their English isn't good enough.
The cadets join this school in Class-VI. It is very difficult for them to pick up the language from there if they haven't studied English in primary school," an official said.
An ex-student, from the first batch to pass out from the school, recalled how he was not allowed to sit and have his meals in the cadets' mess for a month after the principal heard him ask for mangsher jhol and not gravy during a meal. Retired officers like Brig Dilip Ghosh and Commodore Bhaskar Sen agreed that poor communication skills are a stumbling block for youngsters who may have done quite well for themselves in the defence forces.
However, their days at Sainik School meant much more than just hard workwere not only hard work though. Gr Capt Sudipto Ghosh looked longingly at the hostel block where he had spent his years in the school. "I still remember the days when we used to bunk and go to the town to watch movies. The rickshaw pullers would refuse to carry three of us back together. We would then strike a bargain. They would sit in the rickshaw with two of the group while we took turns at pedalling," the fighter pilot recalled.
Something that also struck the ex-students was the lack of infrastructure. It's been 50 years now but the school doesn't even have an auditorium, leave alone a swimming pool. Those in charge at the NDA have often wanted to know from Sainik School authorities why cadets from Purulia don't know swimming.
It is the state government that is in charge of building infrastructure but little has been done in the last three decades. The 280-acre campus doesn't even have a boundary wall. While the local MP has contributed from his local area development funds recently for construction of roads inside the campus, the batch of 1979 has pitched in for an amphitheatre.
Air Marshal Arup Raha, AOC-in-C, Central Air Command and alumnus of the school noted on Sunday that the institution was a 'poor cousin' when compared to similar schools in the northern and southern parts of the country. Major General K S Kumbar, General Officer Commanding, Bengal area, will take up the issue with the state government.
The tests and interviews can also be given in Hindi, but Bengal students fare worse in that language, too.
"Even this year, 47 out of 52 cadets who appeared from Sainik School, Purulia, cleared the UPSC exam. We are keeping our fingers crossed. Though many cadets clear the UPSC, the SSB turns out to be a stumbling block. Many do not prepare well as their parents want them to become engineers or doctors. Others can't make it through as their English isn't good enough.
The cadets join this school in Class-VI. It is very difficult for them to pick up the language from there if they haven't studied English in primary school," an official said.
An ex-student, from the first batch to pass out from the school, recalled how he was not allowed to sit and have his meals in the cadets' mess for a month after the principal heard him ask for mangsher jhol and not gravy during a meal. Retired officers like Brig Dilip Ghosh and Commodore Bhaskar Sen agreed that poor communication skills are a stumbling block for youngsters who may have done quite well for themselves in the defence forces.
However, their days at Sainik School meant much more than just hard workwere not only hard work though. Gr Capt Sudipto Ghosh looked longingly at the hostel block where he had spent his years in the school. "I still remember the days when we used to bunk and go to the town to watch movies. The rickshaw pullers would refuse to carry three of us back together. We would then strike a bargain. They would sit in the rickshaw with two of the group while we took turns at pedalling," the fighter pilot recalled.
Something that also struck the ex-students was the lack of infrastructure. It's been 50 years now but the school doesn't even have an auditorium, leave alone a swimming pool. Those in charge at the NDA have often wanted to know from Sainik School authorities why cadets from Purulia don't know swimming.
It is the state government that is in charge of building infrastructure but little has been done in the last three decades. The 280-acre campus doesn't even have a boundary wall. While the local MP has contributed from his local area development funds recently for construction of roads inside the campus, the batch of 1979 has pitched in for an amphitheatre.
Air Marshal Arup Raha, AOC-in-C, Central Air Command and alumnus of the school noted on Sunday that the institution was a 'poor cousin' when compared to similar schools in the northern and southern parts of the country. Major General K S Kumbar, General Officer Commanding, Bengal area, will take up the issue with the state government.
The defence ministry has written to the Bengal government, urging it to offer more financial support to meritorious students in Sainik School, Purulia. Officials believe that this will help the school get better talent.
Annual fees and other charges for every student come to nearly Rs 73,000. The defence ministry allows a subsidy of Rs 15-17,000 for meritorious students. The state provides subsidy for only those families whose annual income is Rs 1,60,000 or less.
Every year, 550-580 students appear for the entrance examination to the Sainik School in Purulia. Of them, 65-70 are selected.
In Sainik Schools elsewhere, the number of candidates range from 3,000 to 12,000 and only the best get through. But then, states like Bihar grant scholarships of over Rs 40,000 per annum to deserving candidates.
The maximum scholarship that West Bengal provides is Rs 10,500 for only those whose parents earn less than whose annual income is Rs 80,000 annually.
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