1.  In super session of all guidelines that have been issued governing admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas, the following guidelines are issued to regulate admissions in the Vidyalayas with effect from the academic session 2006-07

2. DEFINITIONS

 Unless the context suggest otherwise, the definition of the follwing terms would be as below:

 i) CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE :- An employee who draws his emoluments from the consolidated fund of India .

 ii) TRANSFERABLE: An Employee who has been transferred at least once in the preceding 7 years shall be deemed to be transferable.

 iii)TRANSFER :- An employee would be treated as transferred only if he / she has been transferred by the competent authority form one place / urban agglomeration which is at a distance of at least 20 kms.

iv)AUTONOMOUS BODIES / PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS: - Organizations which are fully financed by the government or where the government share is more than 51 per cent would be deemed to be autonomous bodies / public sector undertakings

(72nd BOG Meeting dated 22.2.2005)

CLASS STRENGTH: Each section of each class would have a maximum strength of 40 students for the purpose of fresh admissions.

3. PRIORITIES IN ADMISSION

The following priorities shall be followed in granting admissions:

(A) KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS UNDER CIVIL / DEFENCE SECTOR : -

 i) Children of transferable central government employees including ex - servicemen.

ii) Children of non- transferable central government employees including ex- servicemen.

iii)Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous bodies/Public sector undertaking / Institute of Higher Learning of the Government of India.

iv) Children of transferable state government employees.

v) Children of non-transferable employees of state government.

vi) Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of autonomous  bodies/ Public sector Undertakings / Institute of Higher learning of the State Governments.

vii) Children from any other category.

(B) KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS / INSTITUE OF HIGHER LEARNING:

 (26th MEETING OF AAC DATED 19.4.2005, RATIFICATION IN 73rd BOG DATED 8.7.2005)

 i)Children and grand children of employees of the Undertakings / Institute of higher learning which finances Kendriya Vidyalaya fully:

ii)The priorities given for Kendriya Vidyalaya under Civil/Defence sector will follow in the same sequence, thereafter.

4. ELIGIBLE AGE FOR ADMISSION.    (72nd BOG MEETING DATED 22.2.20005)

(A) A child must be 5 years old on 30th September in the academic year in which admission is being sought for admission to class I. For subsequent classes, the eligible age would be calculated accordingly.

(B)An upper age limit for admission is fixed as the minimum age limit plus two years. No child would be eligible for admission in a class if the age is more than this maximum age prescribed. The maximum age would be further relaxed by two years handicapped children. These cases will be disposed of at the level of the principal. There will be no relaxation of upper age limit exceeding two years.

(C) There is no age restriction for admissions to Class XI provide the concerned child is seeking admission in the year of passing the class X examination. Similarly there will be no upper & lower age limit for admission to Class XII provided there has been no break in the continuous study of the child after passing after X/XI.

(D)THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT OF MINIMUM AGE FOR ADMISSION IN KV KATHMANDU .

 5. METHODS OF ADMISSIONS

(A) CLASS I: No admission test would be conducted for admission to class I. All applications received would be divided into 7 categories in order of priority to the extent vacancies are available. When a stage is reached that the list of one category cannot be fully accommodated for admission, the following procedures shall be adopted.

i)If the list is of children of category I, short listing for admissions would be done on the basis of number of transfers of the parents during the last 7 years. The children whose parents have been transferred more number of times would get precedents over children whose parents have been transferred less number of times.

ii)If Children of transferable Central Govt. employees fall in category - II like in project sector KVs, short-listing for admissions in class I will be done on the basis of the number of transfers of the parents during the last 7 years for the said category.

 iii)Cases within Category I with equal number of transfers will be decided on lottery basis  if vacancies are not enough to accommodate all the eligible children. The names of remaining children of all other categories would be written category wise, if required on small slips of papers separately and placed in a box after suitably folding the slips.Children from this category would be selected by a draw of lot from the slip so placed in this box. For transparency, this draw of lot should be done in presence of the concerned parents to the extent feasible.

(B) CLASS II & ABOVE EXCEPT CLASS XI - For admission to these classes, an admission test would be conducted and a merit list prepared for each category of priority separately. Admission would be given in order of merit going by the sequence of the categories as prioritized in para 3.

(C)Candidates securing less than 35% marks in each subject and less than 40% marks aggregate would not be eligible for admission irrespective of their category in the priority.  

(D) An admission test would be conducted in the following subjects :-

i) Primary Classes (except class I) - English, Hindi & Maths.

ii)Middle Classes - Hindi, English, Maths & General Knowledge.

iii)Secondary Classes - Hindi, English, Maths & General Knowledge.

(E) Some concession can be given for deficiency in language (Hindi & English). An assurance would be required in writing from the parents that the language deficiency in the child will be removed with the academic session. (72nd BOG MEETING DATED 22.2.2005) 

(F) Students belonging to SC/ST may be given a maxmimum concession of 10 marks in a individual subject, or a maximum concession of 10 marks spread over different subjects taken together.

(G)Admission to Class X and XII will be considered by the Asstt. Commissioner of teh regions concerned subject to the children fulfilling the following conditions:-

i) The Vacancies are available.

ii)If the average strength in classes X.& XII remains below 40 till the last week of July, Children passing Class IX & XI from CBSE affiliated schools of the station may be admiitted, if they fullfill other eligibility conditions.

iii)The child has been in the same course of studies i.e in the CBSE - affiliated school.

iv)The child must have obtained not less than 50% marks in class IX & XI examination.

v)The child should be eligible as per KVs admission guidelines.

vi)The combination of subjects are available in Kendriya Vidyalayas.

H) CLASS XI ADMISSIONS: Fresh admissions would be made in order of merit in the sequence of categories of priority on the basis of the board results of class X, it implies that within the same category, a student getting higher marks in aggregate in the concernce subjects for the relevant stream will get preference over a student will lower marks. Admissions in different streams for children seeking admission from KVs & non-KVs would be made only on fullfillment of the following requirements:-

There will be two distinct situations for admissions in Science and Commerce streams. One situation would be where adequate number of children are available for admission to the streams from amongst students passing class X from KVs as well  as from amongst students from other schools seeking admission in a KV with the requisite eligibility. The second situation would be where adequate number of eligible children are not available for the stream from amongst students passing class X from KVs as well as from amongst students from other schools seeking admission in kvs with the requisite eligibility. The cut of marks for admission in both the situation would be as under:-

I). Following concessions will be allowed for admission to Science and Commerce streams.

i)Students belonging to SC/ST may be given a maximum concessions of  5 marks in an individual subject or a maximum concession of 5 marks spread over different subjects.

ii)The following relaxations will also be granted to students who participated in games & sports meet/Scouting & guiding/ NCC /Adventure activities at various level. The ceritficate can be any of any preceding years.

The concession as mentioned in I & II should in no way exceed the limit of 07 marks

iii)Admission of non eligible children of embassy officers in KV Kathmandu in class XI(sc.) will be decided by the commissioner,kvs on case to case basis.

(G) Principals may admit children to class XI over and above the class strength who have secured 80% or more marks in class X examination irrespective of their category / board up to the class strength of 50 in each section. It implies that no preference will be given to students passing from CBSE affiliated schools. The ceiling of 50 students will not exceed even if students with 80% are left in the waiting list.

(H) A student who was earlier not found eligible for admission to a particluar stream may be allowed fresh admission to a particular stream in class XI in the next academic session if he / she improces their performance within one year from the same board

6. RESERVATIONS

(A) 15% seats for Scheduled Caste and 7.5% for Schedule Tribes would be reserved in all fresh admissions.

(B) 3% seats will be horizontally reserved for physically handicapped children - blind,orthopaedically hearing impaired etc. horizontal reservation would mean that 3% of 15% would be reserved for handicapped children of SC, 3% of 7.5% would be reserved for handicapped children of ST and 3% of 77.5% would be reserved for handicaapped children of general categories.

(C) In case any of these quota remains unfilled, the seats would be filled up by admitting children of respective category corresponding to the provisions (A) &: (B) above and in case of non-availability of reserved category by candidates of any other category.

7. SPECIAL PROVISIONS:

The following special provisions will be operative for admission:

(A) Following categories of chldren would be admitted over and above the class strength.

   (i) The children and dependent grand children of Hon'ble members of parliament.

   (ii)Children and grand children (from son & daughter) of serving and retired KVs employees.

   (iii) Children of central government employees who dies in harness

   (iv) Deleted and incorporated in Para 3 (B)(I).

   (v) Deleted and incorporated in Para 3 (B)(I)

  (vi) Children of receipients of Paramveer Chakrs, Mahavir Chakra, Veer Chakra, Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra & Shourya Chakra.

  (vii) Children of recipients of president's police medal for gallantry medal & police medal for gallanty.

  (viii) Meritorious sports persons who have secured I, II & III position in  SGFI/CBSE/National/State Level games organized by the      Government.

  (ix) Receipients of Rashtrapati Puraskar in scouts & guides.

  (x) Admissions in Class-I: After admitting the candidates up to the full intake capacity as per norms, if there are single female children left amongh the unsccessful applicants, up to two single female children may be admitted over and abover th esnactioned intake in each section of class - I. For selection on this basis, inter se priority among such single female children shall be as per the categorization in Para-3 (A) of the Admission Guidelines.

  (xi) Admission in Classes VI onwards : Single female children of employees coming under categories I-VI who do not qualify for admission based on their rank in the admission test/ qualifying examination but who obtain the minimum qualifying marks, may be admiitted up to a maximum of two girls per class, over and above the sanctioned strength. In the event of there being more than two such applicants for a class, selection will be based on (i) inter se priority for different categories as given in Para-3(A) and (ii) relative rank in the admission test with in the category.

(B) 100 Children of employees of the ministry of HRD would be admitted every year over and above the class strength as per orders issued by the KVS(HQ).

(C) 60 admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas located in Delhi and 15 children in hostels in Kendriya Vidyalayas located outside Delhi of employees of the ministry of external affairs would be admitted each year on orders issued by kvs (HQ) over and above the class strength. These would be subect to the following conditions for two categories

    (i) 60 admissions in Kendriya Vidyalays located in Delhi would be utilized exclusively for children returning from abroad along with their parents after their posting. Seats under these provision remaining unutilized at the time of normal admissions will remain as such and will be utilized for children who return to india after the beginning of the academic session and up to half yearly examinatin. Children who return to India after the half yearly exam of the KVs would be considered for admission at the beginning of the subsequent academic year. All these admissions will be subject to the condition that not more than 5 children would  be admitted in one school in an year and that the children would be submittion a transfer certificate of a school abroad, in which they had been studying prior to seeking admission in a KV.

   (ii) 15 seats for admission in hostels in Kendriya Vidyalays outside Delhi would be limited only to the children whose parents are going abroad on a posting to station, which does not have adequate educational facilities. The required information in theis respect would need to be given by the ministry of external affairs.

(D) 15 Children of the employees of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) would be admitted over and above the class strength on orders to be issued by teh KVS Hqrs. Of these, a maximum of 5 seats would be given in Delhi and the remaining would be outside Delhi .

(E) 10 Seats in each section of class I and 10 seats in all other classes put together will be reserved every year for the children of the sponsoring agency in all schools except those specificallynotified otherwise by teh commissioner. In civil sector schools, sponsored by the State Govt., the children of State Govt. employees would come under this provision. Similarly in Defence project and Institution of Higher Learining sector schools only the childrne belonging to employees working in these sectors would come under this provision. Admission to Class I would be within the approved strength of the section while for the remaining classes it would be allowed over and above the approved class X subject to a maximum of 2 in a section.

(F) Chairman Vidyalaya management committee can recommedn tow admissions in the concerned Kendriya Vidyalaya. These two admissions may be recommended in one class or all classes put together except class X & XII.

(G) Children of KVs employees coming on transfer can be admitted at any time of the year.

(H) Each Member of Parliament can refer two cases for admission under the scheme  in an academic year in any KV in the country for all classes except class X and XII. The admissions recommended under this clause will be regulated in teh following manner :-

   (i) These admissions would be made in the beginning of academic year and no admission would be made after the prescribed cut off date i.e 31st July.

   (ii)Admissions of children on the aforementioned grounds shall not exceed 5% of the total admissons/sanctioned strength in a class in an academic year.

  (iii) The recommendations are subject to the condition of eligibility of the child in respect of age and fitness in admission test to be conducted by Kendriya Vidyalaya for one class lower that the class for which recommedations have been made (example a child seeking admission to Class VI will be given the test for Class V.

  (iv) The recommendations to be made by the Hon'ble Members of Parliament shall be valid only if they are made in the format prescribed (annexure - II). Recommendations once made would be final and would not be subject to change.

8. CLASS STRENGTH    (72nd MEETING OF BOG DATED 22.2.2005)

(A) Fresh admissions can be done in each section of each class up to 40. Such admission would be done up to 31st of July. After waiting for a period of ten days. 05 more students could be admitted in each section/class between 10th August to 30th September provided such candidates are the wards of central Govt employees belonging to category I. transferred during previous years will also be considered eligible for admission if seats are available after accommodation the children of category I parents transferred during the particular academic session. (26 th AAC DATED 19.4.2005, RATIFIED BY THE 73rd BOG MEETING DATED 8.7.2005)

 (B) Students already admitted in second shift can switch over to first shift with the approval of Vidyalaya management committee. The VMC before granting approval must examine the merit of each case provided the enrolment in each section/stream of the Kendriya Viydalaya does not violate the prescribed norms fo 40 for full class strength.

9. SCHEDULE AND PROCEDURE FOR  ADMISSION     

(A)

(I) An advertisement would issued by the regional office in the local newspapers at the cluster level in the first week of February giving the admission Schedule for registration etc and inviting children to have themselves registrered for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas. This advertisements should indicate that admissions in Kendriya Vidyalays are not restricted to central govt. emplloyees and are open to all, only certain priorties have  been laid down as per which children of different categories would receive priority in admission. The reservations for SC,ST and Physically Handicapped should also be indicated.

(II) There will be no distinct dates for sale of forms and registration of children. Both these activities shall proceed together. The admission schedule for the year 2006-2007 will be as under:

(III) Registration will not be done if there is no vacancy in a particular class. In case a vacancy arises in future registration can be made after giving wide publicity at local level and admission can be granted as per KVS Admission Gudelines.

  (IV) For SC,ST an physically handicapped children, the seats will not be dereserved till 30th July, 2006 . If such children approach the school later for admission after this date, they may be granted admission up to 31st August.

  (V) In case the number of  children seeking registration is less than because of which all seats have not been filled up, the principal shall issue a second/third advertisement notifying the availablity of vacancies.

  (VI) As per KVS directions, admissions are required to be made by the approval of the executive committee of the Vidyalaya. In case the executive committee does not approve the admissions up to the full sanctioned strength of the class, the principal shall intimate this to the assistant Commissioner shall grant admission to children as per the admission guidelines for the remaining seats by 30th of April.

  ( VII ) Registration for Class XI shall be taken up immediately after the declaration of results of class X and admissions up the full strength of the class should be completed by 25th of June. In case there is any difficulty in admiitiong children up to the full strength because of the executive committee of the Vidyalaya not approving the same, the provedure as laid down for other classes abvoe shall be fooloowed and admissions upt to the sanctioned strength of the class shall eb made by the 31st of July with the approval of the assistant commissioner. Remaining seats , if any will be filled up form 10th August but in case later than 30th September.

(B) Registration forms would be made available by the principal onpayment of Rs 100/- along with school prospectus.

(C) Registration forms with brochure complete in all respects and accompanied by all required documents must be submitted to the Vidyalaya office within the prescribed date.

(D)Attested copies of the following documents would be required to be submitted along with the application form for registration:- 

 i) For Class I, certificate of proof of age in the form of a birth certificate issued by the authority competent to register births. This eill include notified area committees like Municipal Corporation, extract about the dateof birth from records of village Panchayat,military hospital, or service records of Defence personnel. For other classes, the date of birth recorded in the transfer certificate issued by a school recorginzed by the state education department would be accepted. Admissions upto class V may be granted without any school tranfer certificate provided the child is otherwise eligible and his birth ceritficate has been issued by a govt. body.

 ii) For grand Childern of Hon'ble Member of Parliament and PSU employees a proof of relationship of either of the child's parents with the Hon'ble Member of Parliament or PSU employees. And declaration of dependency would be needed.

iii) For grand Children of KVs employees a proof of relationship would be required.

iv)A certificate that the child belongs to Schedule Caste/Scheduled Tribe wherever applicable issued by the competent authority. A certificate in respect of either parent may be accepted initally for the purpose of admission, if theis certificate is not available for the child.

v)A certificate from the civil surgeon/rehabilitation centre or any other competent authority defined by the government of India O.M No. 36035/5/88/Estt.(sct) dated 4.5.1999 certifying the child to be handicapped, wherever applicable. In case, where the handicap of the child cand be visually seen by teh principal, teh child may be accepted as handicapped even without a ceritficate. Howerver, the parent may be advised to obtain the relevant ceritficate.

vi) A service cerificate showing the number of thransfers during the preceding 7 years duley signed and stamped by the head of the office bearing the name,designation adn other relevant particualrs in block letters.

vii) A certificate of retirement for uniformed Defence employees.

NOTE:

i) Mere registration will not confer a right to admission.

ii) Incomplete applications forms shall normally be rejected. in case of vacanies remain the principal may allow completion of the form later at his discretion.

iii) Admission secured on the basis of any wrong certificates shall be cancelled bty the principal forthwith and no appeal against such action of the principal shall be entertained.

iv)When a child is registered for admission in class I in a Kendriya Vidyalaya but, before the declaration of the result, his parent is transferred to antoher station, the child should be deemed to have been registered for admission in the Kendriya Vidyalaya at the station of posting even if the last date of admission at that place has expired.

10)  EQUIVALENCE OF NIOS CERTIFICATE/LEVLS

The following pattern shall be applied while considering certificates issued by the National Institue of Open Schooling (NIOS) jointly with partnering NGOs for the purpose of admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya:

A LEVEL   Equivalent to class III or II of the southern states where elementary stage is only till VII.

B LEVEL    Equivalent to class V/VI

C LEVEL    Equivalent to class VIII/ VII

11) The last date for admission and the competent authority to allow it will be as follows:

     (a) up to 31st July                             Principal

     (b) up to 30th September                  Chairman,  VMC                                                                                                            

12) Children who have not completed one academic session in the Vidyalaya of their intial admission will not be automatically entitled to be admitted to another Vidyalaya, except if the parent shave been transferred to antoher location after the admission of the child. Howerver, thsi would be done only after the approval of the Assistant Commissioner.

13) A KV child who went abroad with his parents on their deputation to a foreign country will be admitted to correspondence class on their return to India by the principal of concerned KV over and above the class strength.

14) The wards of army/armed force personnel coming from a non Kendriya Vidyalaya station to a station where a Kendriya Vidyalaya exissts, should be fiven admission in the Kendriya Vidyalaya on the basis of the transfer certificate issued by the educational institutions run by these authoritites affiliated to CBSE by treating them at par with KVs in the matter of admission.

15) INFORMATION AT A GLANCE

Certificate From Priority -I Candidates For Admission

Format For Recommendations For Under Dispensation

                               DISCRETIONARY ADMISSIONS (PREVIOUSLY UNDER HRM QUOTA)

                                    NOTIFICATIONS

While general admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas will be done in accordance with the KVS Admission guidelines 2006, powers of special admissions under the discretionary quota of 1200 for Chairman, KVS as approved by the BOG in its 74th meeting held on 08th July, 2005 have now been delegated to a Committee as desired by the Chairman, KVS and approved by the BOG in its meeting held on 14th December, 2005 and subsequently amended by HRM vide his approval dated 10th March 2006.

The constitutiona of the Committee will be as under :-

1. Jt. Secy.(Sec.Edn.), Deptt. of S&HE - Chairman

2. Commissioner                                    - KVS - Member

3. Jt. Commissioner                               - KVS- Member-Secretary

Guidelines for the Committee constituted vide KVS Order dated 13.03.2006 to consider admission to Kendriya Vidyalayas in Special Cases. Guidelines for admission to Kendriaya Vidyalayas for the year 2006(hereinafter referred to as "Admission Guidelines") have been issued vide KVS Letter No. 42-1/2006-KVS(Acad.) dated 28.01.2006. While admissions at School level will be done in accordance with the above guidelines, Board of Governors of the KVS had in its meeting dated 08.07.05 laid down a discretionary quota of 1200 seats for Kendriya Vidyalayas as a whole, for Chairman, KVS/HRM. HRM has, in turn, desired that admissions in deserving cases under his quota be decided by a Committee which has been constituted by KVS vide Order No. 42-1/2006-KVS(Acad.) dated 13.03.2006.

The above Committee will in its work, be guided by considerations spelt out in the following paragraphs:

2. Eligibility for consideration by the Committe against the Discretionary quota :

 2.1)  Cases of only those children will be considered who fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria in regard to age, and performance in entrance examination, as laid down in paras 4 & 5 of the Admission Guidelines.

2.2)  Normally, only those eligible children will be considered for admission under the discretionary quota who are living within a reasonable distance from the KV where admission is sought. In the case of children of primary classes, this distance shuld normally be 5 km, and in the case of higher classes, upto 10 km. Children who are living father away from the kv than the distance mentioned above, will not normally be treated as eligible for being considered for admission under the Discretionary Quota.

2.3)  Para 9 of the Admission guidelines lay down 30th march as the date for finalisation and display of admissionlist at the school level. The Commiittee will consider applications of only those children who do not figure in the above school admission list.

3. Categories which will be given due representation/priority by the Committee.

3.1) Subject to the provision of paras 2.1,2.2 and 2.3 above, children of following categories will be given due representation in the discretionary quota.

    a) Children belonging to SC,ST,OBC and Minorities.

    b) Disabled children.

     c) Girls who are  single children of their parents.

     d) Children of single parent (e.g. widow/widower/divorced/judicially separated).

      e) Children who are victim of a natural calamity or amss violence during the last one year.

      f) Children of parents who are serving in uniformed forces and are posted in anti-insurgency operations.

3.2) Children of the following categories will be accorded priority consideration in the discretionary quota:

      a) Children who are receipients of National Bravery Award, or of Balshree Award instituted by teh National Bal Bhavan.

       b) Children whose parent is a teacher, and is a recipient of National Award for Teachers.

        c) Children who have shown special talent in fine arts and have been recognized at the National or State Level.

        d) Other cases not falling under the above categories but which, in the Commiittee's opinion, deserve special consideration for any other reasons.

4. Miscellaneous :