Kendriya Vidyalaya

The Kendriya Vidyalayas are a system of central government schools in India

Kendriya V idyalaya
that were instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource
Sangathan
Development (MHRD). It comprises over 1,094 schools in India and three
abroad. It is one of world's largest chain of schools.

Contents
1 History
2 Administration Location
3 Locations India
4 Features Information
5 See also Motto
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6 References
7 External links "Tatvam Pooshan
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Established December 15, 1963
History School Central Board of
The system came into being in 1963 under the name 'Central Schools'. Later, the board Secondary Education
name was changed to Kendriya Vidyalaya. All the schools are affiliated to the (CBSE)
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Its objective is to educate Authority Ministry of Human
children of the Indian Defence Services personnel who are often posted to Resource Development
remote locations. With the army starting its own Army Public Schools, the Website www.kvsangathan.nic.in
service was extended (but not restricted) to all central government employees.

A uniform curriculum is followed by these schools all over India. By providing a common syllabus and system of education, the
Kendriya Vidyalayas are intended to ensure that the children of government employees do not face education disadvantages when
their parents are transferred from one location to another [1]
. The schools have been operational for more than 50 years.

Administration
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, which literally translates to 'Central School Organisation', oversees the functioning of the
schools with its headquarters inNew Delhi.

The administration of this body is based on levels. The chairman of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is always the Minister in Charge
of Human Resource Development of the Government of India; the deputy chairman is Minister of State of MHRD. The real working
power lies with the Commissioner of KVS; there are additional commissioners to accompany Commissioner in the administration of
KVS in different fields. The head of a KVS region is Deputy Commissioner accompanied by an Assistant Commissioner. There are
individual principals of every KV administrating the schools along with a iV
ce-Principal, Head Master/ Mistress.

The Vidyalaya also has several committees for the holistic development of the students and well maintenance of the school
compound and system.

The most important one is the VMC (Vidyalaya Management Committee), which is the head of all committees.
Locations
As of March 2016, there were 1128 schools named Kendriya Vidyalayas. Kendriya
Vidyalaya is one of the longest school chain in world with 1,125 schools in India and
three operated abroad.[2]

A total of 1,209,138 students (as of 30 September 2015) and 56,445 employees were
on the rolls (as of 1 September 2013). These were divided among 25 regions, each
headed by a deputy commissioner.[3]

The three Kendriya Vidyalayas outside India are in Kathmandu, Moscow, and
Tehran. They are intended for children of Indian embassy staff and other expatriate Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
employees of the government of India. building, Delhi

One school in Tshimalakha, Bhutan, was transferred to the Bhutanese government,

thus ceasing to be a Kendriya Vidyalaya (then known as Indo-Bhutan Central School (IBCS)) in 1989, after one of the major Indo-
Bhutan projects (the Chukhha Hydal power project) was near completion. Indian government employees were gradually transferred
back to their own country.

Features
All the schools share a common syllabus and offer bilingual instruction, inEnglish and Hindi. They are co-educational.

Sanskrit is taught as a compulsory subject from classes VI to VIII and as an optional subject until class X. Students in classes VI to
VIII could study the German language until November 2014, when the scheme was discontinued. But was again re continued. In
Moscow, students are given an opportunity to chooseFrench or Russian as their third or second language.

Tuition fees are charged for boys from class IX onward,[4] and students have to pay the school development fund (Vidyalaya Vikas
Nidhi), with the proceeds spent on the development of that particular school. Students from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
and children of KVS employees are exempt from tuition fees. Girls who are their parents' only child from class VI onward are
[5]
exempt from tuition and school development fund payments.

All members of parliamentcould recommend up to six students from their constituency for admission to a Kendriya Vidyalaya. From
[6]
the academic session 2016-17, the quota has been increased to 10 students.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has started seeking quality accreditation for its schools. The Quality Council of India (QCI) has
accredited eight schools: KV Hebbal (Bangalore), KV IIT Chennai, KV No. 1 Uppal (Hyderabad), KV AFS Manauri (Allahabad),
KV Bettiah (West Champaran, Bihar), KV No. 1 (Jammu), KV IIT Powai (Mumbai). KV Ganeshkhind (Pune), KV No-1 BBSR
(Bhubaneswar).[7]

See also
List of Kendriya Vidyalayas

References
1. "Kendriya Vidyalaya" (http://www.kvsangathan.nic.in/). Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. National Informatics Centre
(NIC), Government of India. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
2. "KVS homepage" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140625035631/http://kvsangathan.nic.in/)
. Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan. Archived fromthe original (http://kvsangathan.nic.in/)on 25 June 2014.
3. "Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan" (http://kvsangathan.nic.in/). Kvsangathan.nic.in. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
4. "Fee structure per month"(http://www.kvsangathan.nic.in/FeeStructure.aspx). Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
 5. "Category wise exemption from payment of T
uition fee, VVN & Computer Fund"(http://www.kvsangathan.nic.in/Gene
ralDocuments/VVN-Computer-Fund-28-08-14.pdf)(PDF). Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
6. "Kendriya Vidyalaya Admissions Quota Raised for MPs" (http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/Kendri
ya-Vidyalaya-Admissions-Quota-Raised-for-MPs/2015/12/01/article3155611.ece). The New Indian Express. 2
December 2015.
7. Banerjee Rumu (28 August 2009)."With Rating System, KVs Better Their Best.."(http://articles.timesofindia.indiatim
es.com/2009-08-28/delhi/28173029_1_accreditation-schools-kvs)Times of India. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

External links
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