Admission Season: A Single Girl Child is entitled to free education in Kendriya Vidyalayas - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 20, 2016
The Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are one of the best in the public education system of the country. With just over 1100 KVs, admission in a KV is a coveted one for parents. But most parents end up not getting an admission because of their ignorance of the admission guidelines. The guidelines provide for automatic admission & free education for a girl child who is the only child to her parents.
It is that time of the year where parents keep running around for admission of their children in schools & colleges. The high demand coupled with fewer quality institutions makes the admission season all the more vexing for parents. Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are the bright stars of the public education system in the country. There are more than 1100 KVs across the country catering to over 12 lakh children. Getting an admission to KVs is a challenge for most parents, more so because of the lack of awareness about the admission guidelines.
Guidelines for Admission to KVs
The admission guidelines specify various priorities to be followed in granting admissions. For KVs in Civil or Defence Sector, the following order of priority should be followed.
Preference in admission will be based on the number of transfers of the parents in the last 7 years.
For KVs that are under Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Institutes of Higher Learning, the first preference would be given to Children and grandchildren of employees of the Project/Institutes of Higher Learning, Children of Project employees & Post Graduate students who are working on long term research projects and children and grand children of retired employees. The other priorities would follow in the same order as for other KVs.
These admission norms would be followed for Class I every year duly complying with the norms of the Right to Education Act (RTE) where 25% seats are to be reserved for children belonging to disadvantaged groups. The admissions for Class II to Class VIII would follow the above mentioned norms based on vacancies. For Class IX, an admission test would be conducted and merit list will be prepared for each of the priority categories and seats would be filled sequentially.
Special Provisions for Admission
Apart from the regular categories, there are certain categories of children who are eligible to directly get admission to KVs over and above the existing class strength. The following are some such special categories.
Single Girl Child is also exempted from paying Fees
KVs have one of the lowest fee structures in the country. Exemptions are granted to certain categories of children like the following.