Last verified: 5 November 2026. The AISSEE 2027 dates, application fee and exam pattern below are CONFIRMED from the NTA public notice dated 3 November 2026, as reported by News18, The Telegraph and The Times of India. Korukonda’s 1962 founding, its palace campus, its enrolment and its girls’ admission are CONFIRMED from its Wikipedia entry. Kalikiri’s 2014 start, its 105-cadet first batch and its 2025-26 fee total of Rs 1,95,000 are CONFIRMED from the school’s own documents and its official fee notice. Seat counts and Korukonda’s fee are REPORTED by admission directories, not confirmed by the schools or the bulletin — they are labelled as such wherever they appear, and the 2027 seat matrix should be checked in the AISSEE bulletin.
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Andhra Pradesh is one of only eight states with more than one established Sainik School, and the pair could hardly be more different. Sainik School Korukonda, in Vizianagaram district, was formally founded on 18 January 1962 — one of the first Sainik Schools in the country. Sainik School Kalikiri, in Annamayya district, started functioning on 20 August 2014 as the 25th Sainik School in India. Between them they cover the north and the south of the state, and both admit to Classes 6 and 9 through one exam only — the All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination (AISSEE), conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
If you are reading this in the AISSEE 2027 window, the immediate point is simple: applications opened on 3 November 2026 and close on 2 December 2026 at 11:50 PM, with a late-fee window from 3 to 6 December. The exam is on 31 January 2027. Everything in this guide is built around that calendar.
| Fact | Korukonda | Kalikiri | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Korukonda, Vizianagaram district | Kalikiri, Annamayya district (about 75 km from Tirupati) | CONFIRMED |
| Founded | 18 January 1962 (informally 10 September 1961) | 20 August 2014, with 105 Class VI cadets | CONFIRMED |
| Campus | 206 acres; a 1911 palace gifted in September 1961 | About 83.90 acres | CONFIRMED |
| Classes | VI to XII | VI to XII | CONFIRMED |
| Type | Fully residential, CBSE-affiliated | Fully residential, CBSE-affiliated | CONFIRMED |
| Enrolment | 525 cadets | 514 students (as listed) | CONFIRMED / REPORTED |
| Motto | “Ever Loyal” | “Learn to Lead” | CONFIRMED |
| Class 6 intake | About 80 seats (80 reported for 2021) | About 105 seats (95 boys, 10 girls, as per last year) | REPORTED |
| Class 9 intake | Not confirmed this run | 10 seats, as per last year | REPORTED |
| Annual fee (new admission) | Directories disagree: about Rs 1,28,410 vs about Rs 2,00,000 | Rs 1,95,000 (Gen/Defence), Rs 1,93,500 (SC/ST) for 2025-26 | REPORTED / CONFIRMED |
Korukonda’s story is worth a minute. The building that is now the school was a palace — built in 1911 by Maharaja Vijayaram Gajapathi Raju — gifted with 206 acres of land for use as a school in September 1961. The first batch of 205 students joined when the school was formally founded in January 1962. It began admitting girl cadets in 2021, allocating 10 of its 80 Class 6 seats to girls — and the demand tells you everything about the competition: about 11,000 applications for those 80 seats in 2021.
Kalikiri is the younger, purpose-built counterpart: sanctioned in 2011 on the Andhra government’s request, built on land earmarked in Kalikiri village, and running since 2014. Its fee picture is the clearest of any school in this series because the school publishes it: the official fee notice for 2025-26 puts the new-admission total at Rs 1,95,000 for General and Defence categories and Rs 1,93,500 for SC/ST, including tuition of Rs 1,16,923, diet charges, uniform and books — with tuition rising 10% every year. For Korukonda, honestly, the directories disagree badly — one says about Rs 1,28,410, another about Rs 2,00,000 for 2025-26 — so budget from the higher figure and confirm from the school’s own fee notice. The official sites are sainikschoolkorukonda.org and sskal.ac.in.
Under the standard Sainik School reservation pattern, 67% of seats are reserved for candidates from the state where the school is located — here, Andhra Pradesh — and the remaining 33% are open to candidates from other states and Union Territories. Within those pools, the standard pattern reserves 25% of seats for children of service personnel including ex-servicemen, 15% for Scheduled Castes and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes. Girls get 10% of Class 6 seats.
Do the rough maths on the reported figures. If Korukonda has about 80 Class 6 seats, roughly 54 of them sit in the Andhra pool first. If Kalikiri has about 105, roughly 70 do. That is the single biggest advantage an Andhra-domicile child holds in this exam, and it is decided by one document: the domicile certificate. If your child’s domicile certificate is not ready, or the name on it does not match the birth certificate and the school records exactly, fix that this week. Our AISSEE form-mistakes guide lists the errors parents keep making, and the domicile mismatch is near the top.
One more Andhra-specific point: the state also has an approved New Sainik School — Adani World School at Krishnapatnam, in SPSR Nellore district — among the schools that signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Sainik Schools Society. New Sainik Schools admit through AISSEE too, under a 40%/60% route. Whether Krishnapatnam takes admissions in the 2027 cycle is a bulletin question — check the school list in the AISSEE Information Bulletin rather than trusting a directory.
| Event | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Online applications open | 3 November 2026 | CONFIRMED |
| Last date to apply (no late fee) | 2 December 2026, 11:50 PM | CONFIRMED |
| Late-fee window (Rs. 500 extra) | 3–6 December 2026 | CONFIRMED |
| Correction window | 7–9 December 2026 | CONFIRMED |
| Exam city announcement | 11 January 2027 | CONFIRMED |
| Admit card download | 25 January 2027 | CONFIRMED |
| Exam day | 31 January 2027 | CONFIRMED |
| Result | To be announced | EXPECTED |
The application fee is Rs. 850 for General, OBC-NCL and wards of defence personnel and ex-servicemen, and Rs. 700 for SC/ST candidates. The exam is pen-and-paper OMR, multiple-choice, with no negative marking — a wrong answer costs nothing, so your child should attempt every question.
The exam pattern is the same one parents have prepared against for years. Class 6 runs 150 minutes, 125 questions, 300 marks — Maths 50 questions for 150 marks, Language 25 for 50, Intelligence 25 for 50, and General Knowledge 25 for 50. Class 9 runs 180 minutes, 150 questions, 400 marks — Maths 50 for 200, and English, Intelligence, General Science and Social Science 25 questions for 50 marks each, in English only. The qualifying bar is 25% in each section and 40% aggregate (not applicable to SC/ST candidates).
1. Apply, don’t wait. The form is open now at exams.nta.nic.in/sainik-school-society. The 2 December deadline looks far away; the families who miss it are the ones who planned to apply “next week” four times in a row. Apply in the first week, then use the correction window only if you genuinely need it.
2. Get the documents in one sitting. Birth certificate, domicile certificate, caste certificate if applicable, the child’s photograph and signature in the format the bulletin specifies, and the study certificate from the current school. Photograph and signature rejections are the most avoidable reason a form gets stuck — and the full AISSEE notification explainer walks through the whole schedule.
3. Rank both schools honestly. In counselling you will rank schools. If Korukonda is your first choice, put it first — but list Kalikiri too, because an empty second preference is a wasted seat if the Korukonda cut-off lands above your child’s score.
4. Plan the exam city now. The bulletin lists the exam cities; the city is announced on 11 January. Check which cities the bulletin lists and whether travel is realistic on a January morning — admit cards come on 25 January, six days before the exam, so there is no time to fix a travel problem then.
5. Study to the pattern, not to the syllabus. For Class 6, Maths is half the marks. One full 150-minute paper every Sunday morning, phone in another room, is worth more than three extra hours of chapter reading. For Class 9, Maths is again half the marks, and Social Science is where most children leak marks on dates and concepts they half-remember.
Andhra parents sometimes ask whether they should also consider schools in neighbouring states. The honest answer: the 67% home-state quota makes Korukonda and Kalikiri your best statistical bet by a wide margin. Our Tamil Nadu guide and Karnataka guide show the same pattern, and our state-wise directory of all Sainik Schools lists every school if you want to compare.
The other comparison that matters is the one inside Andhra itself: Korukonda’s history and alumni network — its alumni include Colonel B. Santosh Babu, who received the Maha Vir Chakra, former RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao, and Vice Admiral Murlidhar Sadashiv Pawar — against Kalikiri’s newer campus and its published, transparent fee structure. Neither is the “better” school in the abstract. The right question is which one your child is more likely to get into, and which one your family can reach and afford. The quota maths above is the place to start.
How many Sainik Schools are there in Andhra Pradesh?
Two established schools under the Sainik Schools Society: Sainik School Korukonda in Vizianagaram district and Sainik School Kalikiri in Annamayya district. Andhra Pradesh also has an approved New Sainik School, Adani World School at Krishnapatnam in SPSR Nellore district — check the AISSEE 2027 bulletin for whether it takes admissions this cycle.
What is the home-state quota for Andhra Pradesh Sainik Schools?
Under the standard Sainik School reservation pattern, 67% of seats are reserved for candidates domiciled in Andhra Pradesh, and 33% for candidates from other states and Union Territories. Confirm the exact 2027 seat matrix in the AISSEE bulletin.
How many seats are there in Class 6 at Korukonda and Kalikiri?
As reported, Korukonda takes about 80 children in Class 6 — 80 seats were reported for 2021, when the school received about 11,000 applications. Kalikiri takes about 105 in Class 6 as per last year’s figures: 95 boys and 10 girls. The 2027 seat matrix in the AISSEE bulletin is the authority.
What are the fees at Sainik School Korukonda and Kalikiri?
Kalikiri’s own fee notice for 2025-26 puts the new-admission total at Rs 1,95,000 for General and Defence categories and Rs 1,93,500 for SC/ST, with tuition rising 10% a year. For Korukonda, directories disagree — about Rs 1,28,410 in one listing and about Rs 2,00,000 in another — so check the school’s own fee notice before budgeting.
What are the age limits for Sainik School admission in Andhra Pradesh?
For Class 6, age 10 to 12 years as of 31 March 2027, studying in Class 5. For Class 9, age 13 to 15 years as of 31 March 2027, studying in Class 8. Both boys and girls can apply for Classes 6 and 9.
How do Andhra Pradesh parents apply for Sainik School admission?
Through the national AISSEE route only: apply online at exams.nta.nic.in/sainik-school-society between 3 November and 2 December 2026, with a late-fee window from 3 to 6 December 2026. The exam is on 31 January 2027.
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