My 9 year old wants to try for Sainik School. Do we take it seriously?

linen_spoon_767710 Sept 2026

Living in Sainikpuri, I suppose it was bound to come up! He's in class 4, a cadet from the colony came to speak at his school and now he's decided. He has started doing push-ups before bed ❤️ I know the entrance is for class 6 and it's residential, which is the part I'm not ready for. But I don't want to brush off something he's this excited about. Has anyone's child prepared for it? How early did you start, and did you use coaching or just practise at home?

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ivory_window_777810 Sept 2026
A classmate of my daughter's in primary prepared for the class 6 entrance. His family started about a year ahead with a coaching class on weekends, and the maths section was the main focus as far as I remember. He didn't get through in the end, but his parents said the preparation helped him in class 6 anyway. The residential part is worth talking through with your son properly, at nine he may not have pictured it at all.
- linen_spoon_767711 Sept 2026
  That's very useful, thank you. We talked about it at dinner yesterday and asked what he thought living at school would be like. He said 'like a sleepover but longer'. So yes, he hasn't pictured it at all. We'll let him do some sample papers for fun this year and come back to it next summer.