I disagree with Sudheer Parakala. The schools are meant to motivate young children but not force them to join forces. In our batch 1994-2001 from sainik school korukonda, all the brightest students joined forces. Some of them had even cleared IIT exam from school itself.I can give the exact details to those interested. They are continuing to do well in the forces. It shows the motivation we had. By depriving the liberty of free scholarship we will cease to attract bright students. We should rather concentrate on inculcating the sense of pride, which i am sure the sainik schools are successful. We should also be brave to accept the fact that the officers are underpaid. Their efforts and duties need to be paid better. I say this though i am not in the forces. I feel that a senior officer like Sudheer Parakala should think in more realistic terms. K.Aswani kumar, 2952, (1994-2001)SSK.
