Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that all Sainik Schools in the country will now be open for girls, on 15th August. Currently, 33 Sainik schools are operating in the nation.

During his Independence Day speech, PM Modi said that two-and-a-half years ago, the maiden experiment of admitting girls in Sainik schools was carried out in Mizoram. Modi also said a new history of connectivity is being written in the northeast and with this, he also announced that the work to connect the state capitals in the region with rail services will be completed soon. He further mentioned in his speech that multiple parts of the country whether its east, northeast, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh including the entire Himalayan region, the coastal belt, or the tribal region will become a big base for India's development in the future. Quoting his words at Red Fort he said ''Now, the government has decided that all the Sainik schools in the country will also be open for the daughters of the country."

Sainik schools are run by the Sainik Schools Society which is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence. The aim of establishing Sainik schools was to prepare the students from an early age.

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