KV School Class 1 Admission 2023-24

 

Special Provisions for Admission in KV

1. Following categories of children would be admitted over and above the class strength except where stated otherwise in the provision itself.

• Each Directorate of education of Armed Forces i.e. Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guards can recommend maximum 06 names for admission of children of their Defence Personnel in an academic year in Kendriya Vidyalayas located in Defence Sector except classes X and XII. These admissions would be over and above the class strength and other than Part A Para 5 of KVS admission guidelines & would be done on the orders issued by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. (Up to 31st August).
• Children of serving KVS employees. The Children of the serving employees of KVS (Kendriya Vidyalayas, Regional Offices, ZIETs and KVS (HQ) will be considered for admission at any time of the year irrespective of the class strength or year of transfer or recruitment. However, for class IX, the child has to clear the admission test (The Officials or Officers who come on deputation to KVS their wards should also be treated at par with regular KVS employees). No admission would be given to wards of retired persons.
• Children of Central Government employees who die in harness. Pension papers or letter issued by Controlling Authority will be taken as proof.
• Children of recipients of Paramveer Chakra, Mahavir Chakra, Veer Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra & Shourya Chakra, Sena Medal (Army), Nausena Medal (Navy), VayuSena Medal (Air Force).
• Children of recipients of President‟ s Police medal for gallantry & Police medal for gallantry.
• Meritorious sports children who have secured I, II & III position in SGFI or CBSE or National or State level games organized by the Government.
• Recipients of Rashtrapati Puraskar in Scouts & Guides. 9 Revised Admission Guidelines 2022-23
• Single girl children in class I and from class VI onwards subject to a maximum of two per section in class I and two per class in class VI and onwards. It includes twin girl children also.

a) In case of twin girls, it will be treated as one admission.

b) While drawing the lot, name of both girls (twin) should be written on a single slip or inter linked.c) In case of single girl child (including twin girl children), if number of applications are more than the number of allotted seats i.e. maximum of 02 per section in class I and 02 per class in class VI and onwards, the admission should be granted on the basis of the Priority Category. If in one category more applications are made, all such applications should be taken together and the list of selected candidates should be prepared through draw of lots.

• Children who are recipients of National Bravery Award, or of Balshree Award instituted by National Bal Bhawan
• Children who have shown special talent in Fine Arts and have been recognized at the National or State level.
• 60 admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas located anywhere in India and 15 admissions in hostels of Kendriya Vidyalayas, would be granted to employees of Ministry of External Affairs each year, by orders of KVS (HQ).These would be regulated as follows:

a) 60 admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas located anywhere in India be utilized exclusively for children returning from abroad along with their parents after their posting in current or previous year and would be considered for admission up to 30th November. All these admissions will be subject to the condition that not more than 5 children would be admitted in one school in a 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.

b) 15 seats for admission in hostels in Kendriya Vidyalayas would be allotted 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 (up to 30th November).

• 15 children of the employees of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) would be admitted 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. (up to 30th June)
• Children orphaned due to Covid-19 pandemic will be considered for admission over and above the class strength under PM CARES for Children Scheme. The admission will be done on the basis of list given by District Magistrate of the concerned District subject to 10 children per KV and maximum 02 children per class. These children will be exempted from payment of fees (Tuition fee, Computer fund, and VVN) from Classes I to XII. 10 Revised Admission Guidelines 2022-23
• 50 admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas for wards of Group –B & C employees of Central Police Organisations, that is, CRPF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, CISF, NDRF, and Assam Rifles under Ministry of Home Affairs, posted for internal security, border guarding, disaster response and other difficult areas based on list provided by the MHA.
• Admissions of wards of Kashmir Migrants will be given as per the following conditions:

a) Extension of date of admission for 30 days.

b) Relaxation in cut off percentage will be as applicable to SC or ST candidates subject to minimum eligibility requirement.

c) Admissions will be given over and above class strength.

2. Admission of Wards of Armed or para Military Forces

• Automatic admission of children in the Kendriya Vidyalayas on the basis of transfer certificate issued by the CBSE affiliated schools run by Armed Forces (Army, Air Force, Navy) and Para Military Forces i.e. CRPF or BSF or ITBP or SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) or CISF or NSG and Assam Rifles will be entertained only if the parent has been transferred to that place or has desired to settle at the place after his retirement, or transferred to some non-family station or posted in Naxal affected areas and choose to keep the family elsewhere.
• This provision shall be applicable to schools run by Indian Coast Guard also. This provision may also be extended to the children of government employees studying in schools run by ISRO or AEES (Atomic Energy Education Society).
• It is clarified that above provisions are only for the wards of Defence personnel or Para Military Forces i.e. CRPF or BSF or ITBP or SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) or CISF or NSG and Assam Rifles viz. sons & daughters only. This will not include the grand children of Defence personnel. Provisions of KVS admission guidelines including the eligibility criteria for age and marks or Grades will be followed in letter and spirit. Also, the fee including VVN is to be paid from the month of admission of the child in the Kendriya Vidyalaya regardless of the fact that the fee for succeeding months have already been paid in the school from which TC has been issued for admission to KV. TCs issued by the CBSE affiliated schools of Defence Ministry or Deptts or Authority will be endorsed by the concerned Deputy Commissioner of the region where admission is sought.

3. Children who were earlier studying in Kendriya Vidyalaya

Children who were earlier studying in Kendriya Vidyalaya but due to(a) transfer of parent or (b) relocation due to exigency caused by posting of parent to field area was compelled to study in a school other than Kendriya Vidyalaya because no KV was available at that station, if the said parent subsequently gets transferred to a place where a Kendriya Vidyalaya exists, his or her child be considered for admission, consequent upon the transfer or movement of the parent subsequently to a place where a Kendriya Vidyalaya exists, over and above the class strength. A proof to this effect has to be provided by the parent.

KVS Admission Procedure 2023-24

Procedure for Admission in KV

An advertisement for online registration to Class-I shall be issued by the Regional Office in the local newspapers as per admission schedule and inviting Parents to register their wards for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas. This advertisement should specifically 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 for different categories to regulate the admissions. The reservations for SC, ST, OBC-NCL and Differently Able under RTE Act 2009 should also be indicated.

KVS Admission Online Registration 2023-24

1. Registration shall not be done if there is no vacancy or likelihood of any vacancy in a particular class. In case a vacancy arises in future, registration can be made after giving wide publicity at local level or Vidyalaya website and admission can be granted as per KVS Admission Guidelines.
2. 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 advertisement in the month of May or June notifying the availability of vacancies.
3. Admissions are required to be made with 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 fact to the Deputy Commissioner who may approve the admissions.
4. Registration for class XI shall be taken up immediately after the declaration of results of class X and admissions up to the full strength of the class should be completed within 20 days after declaration of results by CBSE. 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 within 30 days of declaration of CBSE results with the approval of the Deputy Commissioner.
5. Registration forms shall be made available by the Principal Free of Cost. However, for Class-I registration will be done online on Online Admission Portal when the portal is live.
6. Registration forms complete in all respects and accompanied by all required documents must be submitted or sent to the Vidyalaya concerned within the prescribed date as per notification of the KVS.
7. Attested copies of the prescribed documents would be required to be submitted along with the application form for registration.

KVS Admission Required Documents 2023-24

• For Class I, a certificate of proof of age in the form of a birth certificate issued by the authority competent to register births. This will include certificates from Notified Area Council or Municipality or Municipal Corporation extract about the date of birth from records of Village Panchayat, Military Hospital and 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. The original certificate of date of birth should be returned to the parent after verification. Admissions up to class-VIII 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.
• A certificate that the child belongs to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or EWS or OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) or BPL wherever applicable, issued by the Competent Authority in concerned State Government or Union Government. The certificate in respect of either of the parents may be accepted initially, for the purpose of admission, if this certificate is not available for the child. However, the certificate in respect of the child has to be submitted within a period of 03 months from the date of admission.
• A certificate from the civil surgeon or rehabilitation centre or any other competent authority defined by the Government of India certifying the child is 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 may be advised to obtain the relevant certificate from the Competent Authority and submit the same to the school.
• 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.
• A certificate of retirement for uniformed Defence employees.
• Proof of Residence.

Note:

1. Mere registration will not confer a right to admission.
2. Incomplete application forms shall normally be rejected. In case vacancies remain, Principal may allow completion of the form later at his or her discretion.
3. 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.
4. For admission to class I, the registrations will be done through online mode. In a double shift Kendriya Vidyalaya, each shift will be treated as separate Vidyalaya for admission purpose. No change of shift will be permitted. If multiple registration forms are submitted for the same child in the same Kendriya Vidyalaya, only the last application will be considered.
5. In respect of Category I, II, III and IV admissions the veracity of the Certificates submitted by the parents in proof of their service must be invariably verified by the Principal.

Method of Admission in Class 1

Out of the available seats of fresh admission 25% shall be reserved for Right To Education (Hereafter referred to as “RTE‟), 15% shall be reserved for SC, 7.5% shall be reserved for ST and 27% seats shall be reserved for “OBC- Non-Creamy Layer”. (Hereafter referred to as “OBC-NCL”)

After admission of students under RTE Act followed by Differently Abled (Hereafter referred to as “DA‟), the children belonging to Cat-1 will be taken up. The students admitted under Cat-1 will also include SC or ST or OBC-NCL. Similarly, after admission of Cat-1, admission of Cat-2 will be taken up which will include SC or ST or OBC-NCL (up to Cat-3 in case of Project or IHL School)

The shortfall in the number of candidates on seats reserved for SC, ST and OBCNCL will be worked out after considering the number of SC or ST or OBC-NCL children admitted under RTE quota and Priority Cat-1 and Cat-2.

The reservation norms shall be applicable within approved class strength 40 students per section

• RTE 25% : 10 seats
• SC 15% : 06 seats
• ST 7.5% : 03 seats
• OBC 27% : 11 seats

(3% seats for the differently-abled applicant would be reserved horizontally) After closing of process of registration, the sequence of conduct of lottery by each Kendriya Vidyalaya will be as under:

• RTE Lottery, All DA Lotteries, CAT I, CAT II, SC, ST, OBC, CAT III, CAT IV, CAT V, CAT VI (If applicable) and Single Girl Child (Hereafter referred to as „SGC‟)

The following sequence is to be adopted for the fresh admissions to Class-I in Kendriya Vidyalayas.

1. First Lot: 10 seats (out of 40 seats) in Class I per section are to be filled as per RTE Provisions (25% of seats) and these 10 seats will be filled by draw of lots from all applications of SC or ST or EWS or BPL or OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) or Differently abled taken together who are the resident of Neighbourhood.
2. Second Lot: Lottery for Differently Abled candidates of SC or ST or OBCNCL or Unreserved is to be conducted as per Priority Category.
3. Third Lot: Remaining seats (after deducting RTE and Differently Abled applicants, if any) will be filled as per the existing Priority Category of Cat-1 and Cat-2 (Cat-1 to Cat-3 in case of Project or IHL KV) only up to the sanctioned strength or till all the registered candidates from Cat-1 and Cat-2 (Cat-1 to Cat3 in case of Project or IHL KV) is filled.
4. Fourth Lot: – The total number of SC or ST or OBC-NCL will be counted from the admitted summary of RTE, DA, Cat-1 and Cat-2 (Cat-1 to Cat-3 in case of Project or IHL KV) admissions done till third phase. Thereafter, the shortfall in the seats reserved for SC or ST or OBC-NCL, if any, shall be covered by admitting SC or ST or OBC-NCL applicants as per the order of priorities of admission, irrespective of sanctioned strength.
5. Fifth Lot: – After all these processes, if sanctioned strength is not filled and seats are vacant, applicants from Priority Cat-3 (Cat-4 in Project or IHL KV) onwards will be taken up for admission as per existing priority list for unreserved seats only. The unfilled leftover reserved seats of RTE or SC or ST or OBC (NCL) should be kept vacant.
6. Filling of leftover vacant reserved seats, in case adequate number of candidates registered online are not available: For filling unfilled quota of reserved seats for RTE or SC or ST or OBC, a separate advertisement is to be given, in the month of April, as per schedule of Admission by the concerned Kendriya Vidyalaya, for offline registration of the candidates belonging to that particular category only to fill the shortfall of reservation quota. The candidates thus registered offline may be admitted based on their Priority Category to fulfil the shortfall of reservation quota. Even after going through the above exercise, if these seats remain vacant, then the following procedure may be adopted:

(a) In no case the seats reserved as per RTE will be de-reserved.

(b) In case of vacant seats of SC or ST: SC or ST seat should be filled after interchanging the seat as per the availability of registered candidates from the available SC or ST social category priority list i.e. vacant SC seats may be filled with ST or vice versa, only if total SC and ST candidates admitted taken together fall short of total reserved seats of SC and ST taken together. This aggregation may be obtained by counting all the admitted SC and ST candidates of all the categories e.g. in a single section KV total SC and ST seats are 9 (6 SC + 3 ST). Now suppose 8 SC and 1 ST is already admitted and there are no more ST candidates available to admit, in this case these 2 seats of ST will not be given to SC as already 9 SC or ST candidates have been admitted. Clarification: OBC seats cannot be interchanged with SC or ST or RTE.

(c) In case of vacant seat of OBC:

(i) Within the sanctioned strength: After going through the process mentioned in para 4(vi) still reserve seats for OBC (NCL) are unfilled, it may be filled with remaining waitlisted eligible candidates from Priority Categories within approved class strength.

(ii) Over and Above the Sanctioned Strength: No action is to betaken.(d) The definition or eligibility criteria of Disadvantaged Group or Weaker Section or BPL or OBC (Non-creamy layer) will be as per the notification of the concerned State Governments. (The DC KVS RO Concerned may issue guidelines regarding BPL or EWS as per the latest notification of the concerned State Governments).

(e) Admission test will not be conducted for Class I.

Note: 1

A. Definition of disadvantaged group

1. Child belonging to a disadvantaged group means a child belonging to the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, the socially and educationally backward class or such other group having disadvantage owing to social, cultural, economic, geographical, linguistic, gender or such other factor as may be specified by the appropriate government, by notification (Section 2 (d) of RTE Act).

2. Child with special needs and suffering from disability will be determined as per the provision mentioned in RTE Act 2009 or as defined by the concerned State Govt.

B. Definition of weaker section

Child belonging to weaker section means a child belonging to such a parent or guardian (declared by a Court or a Statute) whose annual income is lower than the minimum limit specified by the appropriate government, by notification (Section 2(e)). The income limit regarding economically weaker sections will be applicable as notified by the State Govt. concerned.

C. Definition of Neighbourhood & proof of residence (applicable for admission under RTE only)

Since Kendriya Vidyalayas are located at places with varied density of population, they have been categorized as follows for determining the limits of neighborhood:

1.	Major cities and Urban area (All District Hqrs. & Metros)	5 kms. Radius
2.	Places and areas other than included in 1 above.	8 kms Radius

Note: 2

1. Proof of residence shall have to be produced by all applicants.
2. A self-declaration in writing from the parent about distance may also be accepted to this effect, subject to verification.

5. Admissions for class 1 are being done through online mode & for other classes it is offline.

Composition of Committee for Offline Draw of lots: Every Kendriya Vidyalaya will constitute a committee for the purpose of monitoring a system of Draw of Lots to be held in Class 1 or in any other class (for offline mode only) wherever such stage is reached when all candidates of a particular category or having same number of transfers cannot be accommodated against available number of seats.

The committee will comprise the following five (05) members: –

1	Principal	Convener
2	Teacher	Member (To be nominated by Principal)
(3&4)	Two parents (One lady)	Members (One parent has to be from the candidates to be considered under section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act 2009)
5	VMC member	Member (To be nominated by Chairman, VMC)

An additional 6th member can be nominated by the Principal from the students of class IX to XII wherever these classes exist. This committee may be notified with the concurrence of Chairman, VMC, at least 5 days in advance of draw of lots and be displayed on School Notice Board.

KVS Fee and Concessions 2023-24

• No fee to be charged from the children admitted under the 25% quota prescribed under RTE Act 2009
• Expenses on account of NCERT text book, note books, stationary, uniform and transport will be reimbursed on production of proper bills in respect of 25% of the children admitted under the RTE Provisions subject to the ceiling prescribed and availability of funds.
• Once the children are admitted in Class I under RTE Act, they will continue to enjoy exemptions and concessions till class VIII either in the same KV or any other K.V. moving on transfer as per RTE Act.
• Address proof of the parent should be furnished at the time of the registration.
• The employees who have the facility of fee reimbursement in their departments cannot claim RTE concessions.

KVS Admission in Class 2 to 8

Admission test shall not be conducted for admission to Class 2 to 8 and the admission may be granted based on Priority Category system (1 to 5 or 6 as the case may be). If applications are more than the number of seats, lottery system will be followed in each category including single girl child quota (Class VI Onwards).

KVS Admission in Class 9

For admission to Class IX, an admission test shall be conducted and a merit list will be prepared for each category of priority separately. Admission shall be granted in the sequence of priority categories, in the order of merit.

1. Admission test shall be conducted in the subjects: Hindi, English, Maths, Social Science and Science.
2. There will be only one paper of Admission test of 3 Hours duration & 100 marks comprising Hindi, English, Maths, Social Science and Science each of 20 marks.
3. Candidates must secure 33% marks in aggregate to qualify. Students belonging to SC or ST or Divyang category (PH) will be eligible for admission on securing 25% in aggregate.

KVS Admission Method for Class 11

Admission in different streams, Science, Commerce & Humanities be based on merit upto maximum 55 strength in case of KV students as per availability of streams in the Kendriya Vidyalaya. Choice of stream will be taken from students with parent consent before declaration of merit list. Stream will be allotted on the basis of marks obtained in Class X CBSE Board Examination. Once the seats exhausted in one stream students have to take admission in the other available stream in that Vidyalaya. Undertaking is to be obtained from students before the finalization of merit list by KV.

Note: If seats remain vacant in class XI even after admitting the children of KV or neighboring KVs then the admissions to non – KV children may be granted on the same criteria, in the sequence of categories of priority.

Concessions wherever applicable shall be incorporated while preparing the Merit List.

a. In case of two or more candidates obtaining equal marks in aggregate of all subjects, the inter-se merit of such candidates may be determined as follows:

1. Candidates obtaining higher marks in Maths will get precedence in admission.
2. If two or more candidates have got the same marks in Maths, then the candidates securing higher marks in Maths and Science taken together will get precedence over the others.
3. In case of a tie between two or more candidates obtaining same marks in Maths and science taken together, the student older in age as per the D.O.B will be given precedence over the other.

b. Principal may admit non-KV children to class XI only upto the permitted class strength (40). In case of KV Children, normally the class strength be restricted to 55. However, to accommodate the eligible KV students over 55, efforts should be initiated to open additional sections.

c. 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 he or she improves his or her performance within one year from the same Board.

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 or Bio- Technology, wherever available as an elective subject, is to be offered to students of Science Stream and admission would be granted as per combined merit list. Multi- media & Web- Designing Technology (wherever available) as elective subject may be offered to students of all the streams (Commerce, Humanities & Science) as per combined merit list.

KVS Admission in Class 11

The following concessions will be allowed for admission for Class 11

(A) The following concession will be granted to students for admission who participated in Games & Sports meet or Scouting & Guiding or NCC or Adventure activities at various levels. The certificate needed for this purpose can be of any of the preceding years.

Sports & Games	Participation at SGFI or equivalent level.	Participation at KVS National or State-level.	Participation at KVS Regional or District Level
NCC	A certificate & participation in Republic or PM Rally	A certificate & best Cadet in Distt or State level	A certificate
Scouting or Guiding	Rashtrapati Puraskar award certificate	Rajya Puraskar award certificate with 07 proficiency badges.	Tritiya Sopan certificate with 05 proficiency badges
Adventure Activities	–	–	Participation in at least One 10 days adventure activity
Concession of marks for admission	6% Marks in aggregate	4% Marks in aggregate	2% Marks in aggregate

(B) Students belonging to SC or ST or OBC or Divyang (PH) would be given up-gradation in aggregate by 4% Marks for the purpose of admission to class XI.

Note: Maximum concession under Sports or Games or NCC or Scout or Guide or Adventure will not exceed 6% Marks in aggregate. In case of eligibility for more than one concession under different categories as mentioned at (A) and (B) above, only one concession having a maximum advantage to the candidate will be allowed. (The same benefit may be extended to non-KV Students for fresh admission in KVS)