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Doors of every Sainik School will now be open for girls: PM Modi on 75th Independence Day
New Delhi/IBNS: Addressing the nation on the occasion of 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said more Sainik Schools will be opened for girl students across the country.
Speaking from the iconic Red Fort in New Delhi on the occasion after unfurling the tricolour, Modi said time has come for the country to embark a new journey of development.
"I used to get messages from lakhs of daughters that they also want to study in Sainik School. The doors of Sainik Schools should be opened for them too," PM Modi said.
"Two-and-a-half years ago, the experiment of admitting girls students was done for the first time in a Sainik School in Mizoram. Now, the government has decided that all the Sainik Schools in the country will also be opened for our daughters," he announced.
The PM noted that girls are performing phenomenally today be it education or sports.
"Today, the government has decided that the doors of every Sainik School will now be open for its girl child," he said.
Sainik Schools, which are run by Sainik Schools Society under the administrative control of the Defence Ministry, used to admit only boys.
These schools prepare students for their entry into the armed forces from an early age.
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