KV School Class 1 Admission 2023-24

 For class 1 admission at Kendriya Vidyalaya schools for the academic year 2023-24, all parents and guardians should visit the KVS official website frequently.

Important Dates for Admission in KV 2023-24

Notification	Last week of Feb 2023 (Tentatively)
Registration	First week of Mar 2023 (Tentatively)
Lottery Result	Last week of Mar 2023 (Tentatively)

KVS Admission Class 1 Age Limit 2023-24

A child must be 6 years old on April 1st, with a maximum age of 8 years, to be admitted to KVS Class 1 in 2023-24.

Before registering at the KVS Online Admission Portal, all parents and guardians should read the new Kendriya Vidyalaya admission guidelines attentively.

KVS Admission Guidelines 2023-24

Revised Admission Guidelines 2022-23

• Central Government Employees: An employee who is regular (i.e. an employee working on that post sanctioned by the Government in a substantive capacity) and 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 or she has been transferred by the competent authority from one place or urban agglomeration to another place or urban agglomeration which is at a distance of at least 20 Kms. and the minimum period of stay at a place should be six months.
• Autonomous Bodies or Public Sector Undertakings: Organizations that are fully financed by the government or where the government share is more than 51 percent would be deemed to be autonomous bodies or public sector undertakings.
• Single Girl Child:Single Girl Child means the only child i.e. only girl child to the parents, with no other siblings.

(a) Kendriya Vidyalaya under the Civil or Defence Sector

1. Children of transferable and non-transferable Central government employees and children of ex-servicemen. This will also include children of Foreign National officials, who come on deputation or transfer to India on invitation by Govt. of India.
2. Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies or Public Sector Undertaking or Institute of Higher Learning of the Government of India.
3. Children of transferable and non-transferable State Government employees.
4. Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies or Public Sector Undertakings or Institute of Higher Learning of the State Governments.
5. Children from any other category including the children of Foreign Nationals who are located in India due to their work or for any personal reasons. The children of Foreign Nationals would be considered only in case there are no Children of Indian Nationals waitlisted for admission.

Note: Preference in Admission to wards will be based on the number of transfers of the parents in the last 7 years.

(b) Kendriya Vidyalayas under Public Sector undertakings or Institutes of Higher Learning

1. Children and grandchildren of employees of the Project Sector or Institutes of Higher Learning which are the sponsors of the Vidyalaya, Children of Project employees & Post Graduate students who are working on long term research projects, Children of regular Council of Wardens (COW) employees and children and grandchildren of retired employees.
2. Children of transferable and non-transferable Central government employees and children of ex-servicemen. This will also include children of Foreign National officials, who come on deputation or transfer to India on invitation by Govt. of India.
3. Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies or Public Sector Undertaking or Institute of Higher Learning of the Government of India.
4. Children of transferable and non-transferable State Government employees.
5. Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies or Public Sector Undertakings or Institute of Higher Learning of the State Governments.
6. Children from any other category including the children of Foreign Nationals who are located in India due to their work or for any personal reasons. The Children of Foreign Nationals would be considered only in case there are no children of Indian Nationals waitlisted for admission.

Note: Preference in Admission to wards will be granted based on the number of transfers of the parents in the last 7 years.

Preference in Admission will be given to children of serving employees, grandchildren of serving employees, and children and grandchildren of retired employees in that order.

KVS Admission New Age Limit Table 2023-24

Eligible Age for Admission

• A Child must be 6 years old as on 31st March in the academic year in which admission is sought for Class 1. (Child born on 1st April should also be considered.)

Class	Minimum age on 31st march of the year in which admission is sought	Maximum age on 31st march of the year in which admission is sought
1	6 years *	8 years
2	6 years	8 years
3	7 years	9 years
4	8 years	10 years
5	9 years	11 years
6	10 years	12 years
7	11 years	13 years
8	12 years	14 years
9	13 years	15 years
10	14 years	16 years

*As per mandate of NEP 2020 entry age for Class I has been revised to 6+ years with effect from Academic Session 2022-23

Note: The maximum age limit can be relaxed by two years in the case of Differently abled children by the Principal.

• There is no age restriction for admission to Class XI provided the student is seeking admission in the year of passing 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 student after passing class XI.

KVS Admission Reservations 2023-24

Reservations in Admission

A. Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes Category

15% seats for Scheduled Caste, 7.5% seats for Scheduled Tribes and 27% seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL) shall be reserved in all fresh admissions in all Kendriya Vidyalayas.

B. Differently Abled Category

3% seats of total available seats for fresh admission will be horizontally reserved for Differently Abled-children as per the provisions of RTE Act, 2009. Read in conjunction with Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.

Admission With KV Transfer Certificate including Local Transfer (TC)

• Admission of children with KV TC will be automatic (over and above Class Strength) if the parent has been transferred from one station to another. When the class strength reaches 55, the efforts should be initiated to open additional sections.
• Defence personnel and Para-military Forces who shift their families to a station of their choice whenever they are transferred to some non-family areas or posted in Naxal affected areas, can admit their children on KV TC in a KV located at the station where they will keep their family.
• In all other cases where transfer of the parent is not involved, the admission with KV TC would be done only with the prior approval of the Deputy Commissioner of the region concerned.
• All cases of local transfer on KV TC will be done with the approval of DC concerned on merit.
• A student with KV TC may also be permitted in project KVs only up to class strength of 45 with the prior concurrence of Chairman, VMC. Beyond this no admission on KV TC would be done in project schools. However, Deputy Commissioner of the region is empowered to allow admission in the project or nearest KV in extremely deserving cases.

Students Of NIOS or State Boards or ICSE For Admission In Class 11 In Kendriya Vidyalayas

The students of State Boards or ICSE or NIOS may be considered for admission in class 11 if vacancies exist.

Fresh Admission For Class 10 And 12

Fresh admissions to class 10 & 12, other than KV students, will be entertained subject to availability of vacancies. Such admissions to class 10 and 12 will be considered by the Deputy Commissioner of the Region concerned, only if, the average strength in class 10 or 12 is below 40. This will further be subject to the following conditions:

1. The child has been in the same course of studies i.e. in a CBSE-affiliated school.
2. For Class 10, the child must have obtained not less than 55% marks in aggregate in class 9.
3. For admission to class 12, 55% of marks in class 11 examination is mandatory.
4. The child should otherwise be eligible as per KVS admission guidelines.
5. The combinations of subjects opted by the student are available in Kendriya Vidyalayas.

Admission of children studying abroad seats

A KV Student, who went abroad with his parents on their deputation to a foreign country, will be admitted to corresponding class on their return to India by the Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, where admission is being sought (such admissions will be over and above the class strength)

Admission for vacant seats

In case seats remain vacant after 30th June as the case may be, in the year of admission, Deputy Commissioner of the Region is empowered to allow admissions up to the prescribed strength as per priorities in admission up to 31st July.

Note: In case of any issue related to the interpretation of Admission Guidelines, the decision of Commissioner KVS will be final.