Sainik School Manasbal is a Sainik school located 32 km from Srinagar through Srinagar-Safapora Road via Ganderbal. It is a military school in Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, preparing students for the National Defence Academy and other allied courses. It is an English-medium school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education in New Delhi.
It is the second Sainik school in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the first being in Nagrota. The school was established by the Sainik Schools Society and founded by then-Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah in 1980. The school started on September 14, 1981. The first principal was wing commander J.K. Gandhi.
The school comes under the control of the state government of Jammu and Kashmir, supported by the Ministry of Defence. Sainik School Manasbal is the only Sainik school which runs under state government, the rest of the schools are managed by the Indian Ministry of Defence. Initially, the Manasbal school principals were being deputed from the Army Education Corps, but since 1995 the school is managed by civil officials deputed by the Department of School Education. In 2017, Nazir Ahmad Dar became the school's principal.
Besides a 16-bed hospital, the school has six hostels to house 60 students each. Two of the hostels burned down in 2014, but have been rebuilt. During the winter, from December to March, when the weather conditions in the mountainous location are severe, the education program pauses and students return home to prepare for the March exams.
CBSE Affilation No. 3720173
Affilation Period: 01-04-2023 to 31-03-2028
School Code: 23507
UDICE Code: 01191305502