Tribune News Service

Jammu, April 19

The All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination was conducted at Sainik School, Nagrota. It was a qualifying examination for admitting cadets to Class VI and IX for the academic session 2016-17.Over 2,000 candidates belonging to various categories as well as states appeared in the examination that had witnessed 40 per cent rise in the number of candidates compared to previous years.On the directions of Col Kapil Dev Koushal, Principal of the school, elaborate arrangements were made to accommodate unprecedented number of candidates in the school for the examination.Security arrangements were made with the assistance of the Military Police and J&K Police. The examination was conducted at three centres simultaneously, viz Nagrota, Srinagar and Leh.