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Motilal Nehru School of Sports (MNSS), Sonipat,  sited 37 km north of Delhi at Rai, was founded in  1973 by the  Haryana  government with the prime objective of providing K-XII holistic education with special focus on sports to deserving students at subsidised rates. Designed on the public school pattern, MNSS is a fully residential and co-educational school.

The school’s administration is vested in a special board constituted by the state government, which ensures a stimulating environment for intellectual, aesthetic and physical development of its students. 

Campus

The 300-acre MNSS campus covers the school building, academics and administrative blocks, hostels, residential accommodation for staff, auditorium, athletics stadium, an Olympic size swimming pool, gymnasium, rifle shooting range, tennis, squash, basketball and volleyball courts, equestrian lines, football, hockey  and cricket fields, school infirmary and miles of boulevards.

The science block houses spacious and well-equipped laboratories besides the craft workshop. The school library is well-stocked and meticulously maintained. It has reading and stack rooms.  Classrooms are equipped with Computer Aided Instructional Systems (CAIS) and overhead projectors.

MNSS has a 25-bed hospital with two resident medical officers assisted by highly qualified medical staff.  All serious cases are immediately reported to parents.

The school hosts an acoustically designed 500-seat auditorium equipped with modern P.A. and stage equipment and a 35 mm projector. Where educational, sports and feature films are regularly screened, MNSS also has an open air theatre.

School transport comprises a staff car, two mini buses/vans and a Tata Sumo made available to students for attending sports tournaments and excursions. Two fully equipped messes serve wholesome vegetarian food to all students monitored by house masters, tutors and the hostel superintendent / matron.

Accomodation

The school is grouped under four houses: Indra, Soma, Surya and Varuna. Each is directly under the charge of a house master/mistress assisted by house tutors. The house master/mistress acts as the local guardian of a child belonging to his/her house.

MNSS believes that following the prefectural system bears significance in school education. Thus the house captain, senior and junior house   prefects actively assist the house master in running the house. 

Academics

MNSS is affiliated with the Delhi-based Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),   offering the options of arts, science and commerce streams to students preparing for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (class XII). The medium of instruction is English with adequate emphasis on Hindi as well.

Extracurricular:

The school offers state-of-the-art training facilities to students in a variety of sporting discipline including athletics, gymnastics, swimming, football, volley ball (girls), basket ball, hockey, boxing, cricket, judo, lawn tennis, rifle shooting, and riding among others.  Every student is expected to become proficient in at least one sport by the end of class X.

Special coaching camps and workshops are conducted for promising students in the mornings and evenings; by professional coaches drawn from Sports Authority of India and the state sports department. School teams are encouraged to participate in state and national level tournaments. Within the school, inter-house tournaments are also held. Attendance is compulsory for students selected for the camps while defaulters are fined.

The school also offers a variety of co-curricular activities including first aid, community health, wood/metal work, needle work, photography, electronics, industrial chemistry, fine/commercial arts, paper machine, book-binding, library service, knitting, clay modeling, computers, astronomy besides dramatics, group singing, poetry recitation/writing, journalism, debates, nature study, and philately.   

Admission

Lateral entry admissions are restricted to 100 students in class IV (8-10 years) and 20 in class VI.(10-12 years) .  Eighty percent of the seats in class IV are reserved for children of Haryana residents Application forms attached to the school prospectus can be obtained from the school office by remitting Rs.800 by DD drawn in favor of the principal & director, Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai payable at State Bank of India. MNSS, Rai (Branch Code No. 6838).

The prospectus can also be obtained by remitting Rs.700/- at the school cash counter.  SC candidates can obtain the school prospectus by remitting Rs. 400 in cash from the school counter along with documented proof or by sending a bank draft of Rs. 500by registered post. A written test will be conducted for all eligible candidates followed by a physical efficiency and sports aptitude test (PESAT).

Only those candidates who clear the written test and PESAT are called for an interview and medical examination in the month of March. The final selection is made on the basis of a merit list prepared at the end of the selection process in line with the policy of reservation of seats for different categories.

The academic year   begins in April every year. Initially all admissions are made on provisional basis till all facts are thoroughly scrutinized and verified to the satisfaction of the school authorities.

Fees: An Admission fee of Rs. 2000 and a refundable security deposit of Rs. 5000 are collected along with the school fee and other documents.

The school fee covers tuition, lodging, and boarding, use of games equipment, laboratories, library, and use of text books, stationery, and in-house medical facilities.

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Achievements

The school’s administration is vested in a special board constituted by the state government, which ensures a stimulating environment for intellectual, aesthetic and physical development of its students.

EW Survey

Survey Type - Schools-2017

EW Ranking - 16

Total Score - 1123