Kendriya Vidalaya CRPF

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 suggests otherwise, the definition of the following terms would be as below:

Central Government EMPLOYEES: - an employee who draws his emoluments from the consolidated fund of India.
TRANSFERABLE: - An employee who has been transferred at least once in the preceding 7 years shall be deemed to be transferable.
TRANSFER: - an employee would be treated as transferred only if he/she has been transferred by the competent authority from one place/urban agglomeration to another place/urban agglomeration which is at a distance of at least 20 kms.
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.

( 72^nd 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 -

Children of transferable central government employees including ex-servicemen.
Children of non-transferable central government employees including ex-servicemen.
Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of
Autonomous bodies/Public sector undertaking/Institute of
Higher learning of the Government of India.
Children of transferable state government employees.
Children of non-transferable employees of state government.
Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of autonomous bodies/ Public Sector Undertakings/Institute of Higher learning of the State Governments.
Children from any other category.

(b) Kendriya Vidyalayas under Public Sector Undertakings/ Institute of Higher Learning:

( 26^th meeting of aac dated 19.4.2005, ratification in 73^rd bog dated 8.7.2005)

Children and grand children of employees of the Undertakings/Institute of higher learning which finances the Kendriya Vidyalayas fully;
The priorities given for Kendriya Vidyalayas under Civil/Defence sector will follow in the same sequence, thereafter.

4. Eligible age for admission.

(72^nd BOG MEETING DATED 22.2.2005)

(a) A child must be 5 years old on 30^thSeptember 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.

(72^nd BOG MEETING DATED 22.2.2005)

(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 provided 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 class X/XI.

(D) There is no requirement of minimum age for admission in kv kathmandu.

5. Method of admission.

(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 procedure shall be adopted.

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.
If children of transferable Central Govt. employees fall in category –II like in project sector KVs, short-listing for admission 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.
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 the 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 :-

Primary classes (except class I) - English, Hindi & Maths.
Middle classes - Hindi, English, Maths & General Knowledge.
Secondary classes - Hindi, English, Maths, Social Studies and Science.

(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.

(72^nd bog meeting dated 22.2.2005)

(F) Students belonging to SC/ST may be given a maximum concession of 10 marks in an 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 the regions concerned subject to the children fulfilling the following conditions.:

The vacancies are available. 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 admitted, if they fulfill other eligibility conditions.
The child has been in the same course of studies i.e. in the CBSE-affiliated school.
The child must have obtained not less than 50% marks in class IX & XI examination.
The child should be eligible as per KVs admission guidelines.
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 concerned subjects for the relevant stream will get preference over a student with lower marks. Admissions in different streams for children seeking admission from KVs & non-KVs would be made only on fulfillment 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:-

admission to class xi

Provision for admission in situations wherein adequate eligible children are available

a. Science stream

(i) Science with Mathematics

· A minimum of 55% marks in Maths

· A minimum of 55% marks in Science and

· A minimum of 60% marks in Maths and Science taken together and

· A minimum of 55% marks in aggregate of all subjects.

(ii) Science without Maths

Science without mathematics may be allowed if

the student has 60% marks in science and a

minimum of 55% marks in aggregate of all

subjects

b. Commerce stream

A minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all

subjects. Mathematics can be offered with

commerce if the student has obtained a minimum

of 55% of marks in Mathematics.

c. Humanities stream -

All students of Kendriya Vidyalayas if they are

declared successful by the CBSE would be given

admission. For non-KVs students. Humanities

with Mathematics can be offered if 50% marks

are obtained in the Mathematics.

Note: Informatics practices as an elective subject is offered to all streams. Admission to this would be granted as per the combined merit list.

*Computer Science, Multimedia and Web

Technology, Bio -Technology (where available)

as elective is offered to students of Science

stream only and admission would be granted as

per combined merit list.

Provision for admission in situations wherein adequate eligible children are not available (where registration of eligible children is less than 40)

· A minimum of 52% marks in Maths

· A minimum of 52% marks in Science and

· A minimum of 57% marks in Maths and Science

taken together and

· A minimum of 52% marks in aggregate of all

subjects.

Science without Mathematics may be allowed IF

the student has 57% marks in science and

minimum of 52% marks in aggregate of all

subjects.

A minimum of 47% marks in aggregate of all subjects. Mathematics will be offered if the student has obtained a minimum of 52% of marks in Mathematics

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

(i) Students belonging to SC/ST may be given a maximum concession of 05 marks in an individual subject, or a maximum concession of 05 marks spread over different subjects.

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

	Sports & Games	NCC	Scouting/ Guiding	Adventure Activities for admission to Science/Commerce stream	Relaxation in marks for admission to Science/ Commerce Stream
a.	Participation at SSGFI or equivalent level	A certificate and participation in Republic/PM Rally	Rashtrapati award certificate	Nil	07 marks
b.	Participation at KVS State Level	'A' certificate and best Cadet in distt/state level.	Rajya Puraskar award certificate with 07 proficiency badges	Nil	05 marks
c.	Participation at KVS Regional / Distt. Level	A certificate	Tritiya Sopan certificate with 05 proficiency badges	Participation in at least one 10- days adventure activity	02 marks

*The concession as mentioned in I & II should in no way exceed the limit of 7 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.

(F) 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.

(G) A student who was earlier not found eligible for admission to a particular stream may be allowed fresh admission to a particular stream in class XI in the next academic session if s/he improves hir performance within one year from the same board.

6. Reservations

(a) 15% seats for Scheduled Caste and 7.5% for Scheduled 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 handicapped children of general categories.

(B) 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 children would be admitted over and above the class strength

The children and dependent grand children of Hon’ble members of Parliament,
Children and grand children ( from son & daughter) of serving and retired KVs employees..
Children of central government employees who die in harness
Deleted and incorporated in Para 3 (B)(I)
Deleted and incorporated in Para 3 (B)(I)
Children of recipients of Paramveer Chakra, Mahavir Chakra, Veer Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra & Shourya Chakra.
Children of recipients of president’s police medal for gallantry medal & police medal for gallantry.
Meritorious sports persons who have secured I, II & III position in SGFI/CBSE/National/State level games organized by the Government.
Recipients of Rashtrapati Puraskar in scouts & guides.
Admission in class-I; After admitting the candidates up to the full intake capacity as per norms, if there are single female children left among the unsuccessful applicants, up to two single female children may be admitted over and above the sanctioned 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.
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 admitted 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 subject to the following conditions for the two categories -

( i ) 60 admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas 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 examination. 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 submitting 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 Vidyalayas 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 this 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 the 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 specifically notified otherwise by the 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 Learning sector schools only the children belonging to employees working in these sectors would come under this provision. Similarly in Defence project and Institution of higher learning sector schools only the children 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 recommend two 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 the following manner:-

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. 31^st July.
Admissions of children on the aforementioned grounds shall not exceed 5% of the total admissions/ sanctioned strength in a class in an academic year.
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 than the class for which recommendations have been made (example a child seeking admission to Class VI will be given the test for class V.
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

(72^nd 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 31^st of July. After waiting for a period of ten days , 05 more students could be admitted in each section/class between 10^th August to 30^th September provided such candidates are the wards of central Govt employees belonging to category I. In addition to the children of parents transferred during the year, the children of parents belonging to category I transferred during previous years will also be considered eligible for admission if seats are available after accommodating the children of category I parents transferred during the particular academic session.

( 26^th AAC dated 19.4.2005, ratified by the 73^rd 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 Vidyalaya does not violate the prescribed norms of 40 for full class strength.

9. schedule and procedure for admission :

(A) (I) An advertisement would be 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 registered for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas. This advertisement should indicate that admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas are not restricted to central govt. employees and are open to all, only certain priorities 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 2006-07 will be as under:

Commencement of registration process	6.1.2006
Last date of registration	28.2.2006
Admission test	23.3.2006 TO 27.3.2006
Display of admission list	30.3.2006
Admission	1.4.2006 TO 5.4.2006 May be continued till 31^st July/ 30th Sept. 2006 if vacancies exist.

(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 Guidelines.

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

(V) In case the number of children seeking registration is less because of which all seats have not been filled up, the principal shall issue a second/third advertisement notifying the availability 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 by the 5^th of April and with the approval of the assistant Commissioner shall grant admission to children as per the admission guidelines for the remaining seats by 30^th 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 25^th of June. In case there is any difficulty in admitting children up to the full strength because of the executive committee of the Vidyalaya not approving the same, the procedure as laid down for other classes above shall be followed and admissions up to the sanctioned strength of the class shall be made by the 31^st of July with the approval of the assistant commissioner. Remaining seats , if any will be filled up from 10^th august but in no case later than 30^th September.

(b) Registration forms would be made available by the principal on payment 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 will include notified area committees like Municipal Corporation, extract about the date of 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 recognized by the state education department would be accepted. Admissions upto class v may be granted without any school transfer certificate provided the child is otherwise eligible and his birth certificate has been issued by a govt. body.

(II) For grand children 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 the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe wherever applicable issued by the competent authority. A certificate in respect of either parent may be accepted initially for the purpose of admission, if this certificate is not available for the child.

(v) A certificate from the civil surgeon/rehabilitation center 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 can be visually seen by the principal, the child may be accepted as handicapped even without a certificate. However, the parent maybe advised to obtain the relevant certificate.

(vi) a service certificate showing the number of transfers during the preceding 7 years duly signed and stamped by the head of office bearing the name, designation and other relevant particulars in block letters.

(vii) A certificate of retirement for uniformed Defence employees.

Note :

Mere registration will not confer a right to admission.
Incomplete application forms shall normally be rejected. in case of vacancies remain the principal may allow completion of the form later at his discretion.
Admission secured on the basis of any wrong certificate shall be cancelled by the principal forthwith and no appeal against such action of the principal shall be entertained.
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 another 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/LEVELS

The following pattern shall be applied while considering certificates issued by the National Institute 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 :

up to 31^st July - Principal
up to 30^th September. Chairman, VMC.

12. Children who have not completed one academic session in the Vidyalaya of their initial admission will not be automatically entitled to be admitted to another Vidyalaya, except if the parents have been transferred to another location after the admission of the child. However, this 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 exists, should be given admission in the Kendriya Vidyalaya on the basis of the transfer certificate issued by the educational institutions run by these authorities affiliated to CBSE by treating them at par with KVs in the matter of admission.

15. INFORMATION AT A GLANCE:

CONTENTS	SCHEDULED DATES
Advertisement for admission	Last week of December, 2005
Sale of forms (except class XI)	^{6th January} onwards
Last date of registration	28.2.2006
Admission test	23-27 march, 2006
Declaration of list	30^th march, 2006
Dereservation of quota	After 30^th July
Registration for class XI	After declaration of board results
Admission to be finalized for class XI	By 25^th June in normal case
Cost of admission forms	Rs.100/- with complete brochure
Class strength	40 per section
Last date of admission	31^st July
Remaining vacancies	10^th August to 30^th September
Reckoning of age for class I	5 years on 30^th September