About Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)

logo The kendriya Vidyalayas are run by the KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, an autono- mous body formed by the Ministry of Education,(H.R.D.)Govt. of India,New Delhi. As a result of the recomendationsof the Second Pay Commission. They primarily cater to the educational needs of the children of Central Govt. employees including Defence Personel and floating population liable to frequent transfers troughout the country. Needless to say, therefore they have common syllabus and are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.

Every school is, hence, is a miniature India in itself and tries to inculcate in its students the feeling of patriotism, fraternity and national integration.

Place chosen for establishing Kendriya Vidyalayas are those having concentration of Defence Personel and other transferable Central Govt. Employeesfor admission, the Vidyalayas give priority to the children of the above mentioned employees, but other floating population desirous of having such common pattern of of education are also eligible for the admission to the remaining seats. The instruction is imparted through the media of Hindi and English in these Vidyalayas, the ultimate object being to enable pupils to achieve a reasonable measure of proficiency in both the languages.

The Vidyalayas are being developed as Quality Vidyalayas with some of the useful feature of popular residential Vidyalayas, without making the schooling very expensive. The quality of teaching is kept reasonably high by an appropriate teacher-pupil ratio and provision of teachers with high qualifications.

The Kendriya Vidyalayas aim at having not only a common syllabus but also a well prepared syllabus and good textbooks based on that syllabus. They are intended to be equipped with good libraries, laboratories and computer labs separately for juniors and seniors and variety of other useful co-curricular activities

The Vidyalayas provide for the studies of Humanities and Sciences and most of them multi-purpose in character providing for diversified courses in Comerce, Home Sciences and Technology.