Last verified: 28 October 2026. The school facts below — Goalpara’s 12 November 1964 founding, its Mornai campus, motto, CBSE affiliation and alumni record — are CONFIRMED from the school’s own website. The AISSEE pattern facts (marks, ages, quotas) follow the established AISSEE framework used across our guides; the AISSEE 2027 bulletin itself is still awaited, so 2027 specifics are EXPECTED until it appears. Fee and seat figures are labelled reported wherever they come from secondary sources.
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For an Assam parent, the Sainik School map is refreshingly simple: there is exactly one school under the Sainik Schools Society in the state. Sainik School Goalpara describes itself as “the only school of its kind in the State of Assam”, and no other Assam school appears on the Society’s list. That single-school reality shapes everything in this guide — one campus, one admission route, one home-state quota to understand.
| Fact | Sainik School Goalpara |
|---|---|
| Founded | 12 November 1964 |
| Location | Goalpara-Matia-Dudhnoi road, near Mornai, ~18 km from Goalpara town |
| Campus | 505 acres, southern bank of the Brahmaputra, in the shadow of the Garo Hills |
| Board | CBSE, Classes 6 to 12 |
| Motto | “Everything is Possible” |
| Strength | About 650 cadets |
| Alumni | 200+ officers in the Armed Forces (NDA, IMA, OTA, AFA, NAVAC) |
| Admission | AISSEE (Class 6 and Class 9 only) |
Goalpara is one of the older Sainik Schools, founded on 12 November 1964 under the Sainik Schools Society of the Ministry of Defence, with Lt. Col. D. N. Sahani as its first principal. The campus sits on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra, and the school leans into that geography — mornings in CBSE classrooms, afternoons on the parade ground, playing fields and river bank. It is fully residential: every cadet lives on campus, and admission happens only in Class 6 and Class 9, never mid-stream.
The alumni record is the school’s strongest card. More than 200 former Goalpara cadets — “SSGians” — serve as officers in the Armed Forces, across the NDA, IMA, OTA, AFA and NAVAC, alongside alumni who became IAS and IPS officers, doctors and engineers. The school is also a member of the Indian Public Schools’ Conference (IPSC), the grouping of India’s established public schools. For a parent weighing a residential school 18 km outside a small town, that six-decade record is the reassurance that matters.
Goalpara admits through the All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination (AISSEE), conducted by the National Testing Agency for the Sainik Schools Society. There is no separate school-level test and no management-quota back door — the route is the national exam, then e-counselling (AISSAC), document verification and a medical test, in that order.
Two facts about the 2027 cycle need honest labelling. First, the AISSEE 2027 notification is still awaited — no bulletin or registration link had appeared on the official NTA portal in the most recent checks, so every 2027 date below is EXPECTED, not confirmed. Second, the exam pattern itself follows the established AISSEE framework: Class 6 is a 300-mark paper (Mathematics, Intelligence, Language, General Knowledge) and Class 9 is a 400-mark paper (Mathematics, English, Science and Social Studies), both OMR-based, with no negative marking.
Under the standard Sainik School reservation pattern, 67% of seats are reserved for candidates from the home state — here, Assam — and 33% for candidates from other states. In practice, an Assam-domiciled child competes first within the Assam pool, which is a genuine advantage over applying to a school in another state, where the same child would fall in the smaller 33% other-state pool.
Two cautions. The home-state claim needs a valid domicile certificate, so get that document ready well before the form opens — the 2026 cycle’s application window lasted only about three weeks, and a short window is possible again. And the exact 2027 seat matrix for Goalpara (how many Class 6 and Class 9 seats, and how many for girls) will only be confirmed in the AISSEE 2027 bulletin. Do not plan around a seat number quoted by a coaching site.
The age rules follow the pattern used every year:
Keep this folder ready before the notification drops:
Fee figures for Goalpara are thin on the ground, and this guide will not dress up a guess as a fact. One admission directory lists an annual boarding fee of Rs 87,846 — treat that as reported from a single secondary source, not confirmed. No fee figure from the school’s own current notice was available at the time of writing, and the AISSEE 2027 bulletin may carry its own fee schedule. Before budgeting, check the school’s own fee notice and the bulletin; Sainik School fees are also partly subsidised for defence-category and scholarship cadets, so the sticker figure is rarely the final figure for every family.
This is the one point where Assam parents must be careful. Older school profiles describe Goalpara as a boys’ school — “only boys are eligible for admission” appears in the school’s own older text — while at least one current directory lists the school as co-ed. Both cannot be the 2027 position, and neither source is the AISSEE 2027 bulletin. Until the bulletin names Goalpara’s Class 6 and Class 9 seats for girls, treat girls’ admission here as unconfirmed for 2027. Families with daughters should still prepare for AISSEE — girls are admitted to many Sainik Schools, and the bulletin will settle Goalpara’s position — but do not pick Goalpara as a first preference for a daughter on the strength of a directory label alone. Our Punjab guide carries the same warning for Kapurthala, for the same reason.
With the notification still awaited and the expected exam in late January 2027, the highest-value work right now is not form-filling but preparation and paperwork:
Assam families have one school, one exam and one quota to master — and that simplicity is an advantage. Get the documents ready, keep the preparation steady through the Diwali break, and the short application window, whenever it opens, will be a formality rather than a scramble.
How many Sainik Schools are there in Assam?
One school under the Sainik Schools Society: Sainik School Goalpara, founded on 12 November 1964. The school describes itself as the only school of its kind in the state of Assam.
What is the home-state quota for Sainik School Goalpara?
67% of seats are reserved for candidates from the home state, Assam, and 33% for candidates from other states, under the standard Sainik School reservation pattern. Confirm the exact 2027 seat matrix in the AISSEE bulletin.
What are the age limits for admission to Sainik School Goalpara?
For Class 6, age 10 to 12 years as of 31 March 2027, and for Class 9, age 13 to 15 years as of 31 March 2027, under the standard AISSEE eligibility pattern. Confirm the exact date-of-birth window in the AISSEE 2027 bulletin when it appears.
Can girls apply to Sainik School Goalpara?
This is the one point Assam parents must verify in the AISSEE 2027 bulletin. Older school profiles describe Goalpara as a boys’ school, while some current directories list it as co-ed. Do not assume either way until the bulletin names Goalpara’s position for 2027.
What is the fee at Sainik School Goalpara?
One admission directory lists an annual boarding fee of Rs 87,846, but this is a single secondary source. Treat it as reported and check the school’s own fee notice before budgeting.
Where is Sainik School Goalpara located?
On the Goalpara-Matia-Dudhnoi road, about 18 km from Goalpara town near the village of Mornai, on a 505-acre campus on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra. Guwahati railway station is about 130 km away.
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