& IX. The written test is followed by interview. Only those candidates who qualify in the written examination are called for interview keeping in view the number of vacancies available. The medical test is also conducted and the admission to these classes is subject to the candidates being found medically fit. There are certain medical standards prescribed for entry to National Defence Academy and the candidates need to pass the fitness test. However the administration ignores factors like height and weight which are variable. Buildings Main building: Facing the lush green rectangular ground, is the main academic building which houses both, the primary and the secondary wing. It has three levels. The ground level holds the primary wing (also known as Sainik Primary School) i.e., up to grade 5 and other offices including authorities' offices. The first level consists mostly of classrooms for senior wing. The second level has the library, NCC store, the Biology laboratory and the assembly hall that can accommodate almost over 550 people. Hostel:School has 6 hostels named after rivers flowing in Himachal Pradesh. Every hostel has a Video Room for students. School has Cadets Mess with two blocks named after Field Marshal Cariappa and Field Marshal Manekshaw. School has residential complex for teachers and their families. School has in-house MI Room. School campus has many 5 football grounds, 2 hockey fields, 1 handball grounds, an athletic track, 4 Basketball courts, 1 lawn tennis courts, a squash court and a swimming pool and 4 badminton court. Currently the school building is in dire need of repairs due to successive governments apathy and lack of funds. Academics At Sainik School Sujanpur Tihra, academic excellence is given prime importance. Special efforts are made to create and maintain academic environment in the school. Cadets are encouraged to ‘Explore and Learn’ in addition to classroom teaching. Examinations are conducted at regular intervals to ensure continuous study and also as feed back mechanism on the progress made by the cadets in each subject. The cadets are awarded various torches as recognition to their efforts put in during the entire session as per the following criteria: 90% and above : GOLD TORCH 85% and above : SILVER TORCH 80% and above : BRONZE TORCH First in Class : TORCH-FIRST IN CLASS Second in Class : TORCH-SECOND IN CLASS Extra-curricular activities Science Clubs, Music Club, Literary Club, Photography, G.K Club. Karate club, Trackers,