The following priorities shall be followed in granting admissions:                                                                                      

(a)         Kendriya Vidyalayas under Civil/Defence Sector -  

(I)        Children of transferable central government employees including ex-servicemen.

(II)       Children of non-transferable central government employees including ex-servicemen.

(III)      Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of

   Autonomous bodies/Public sector undertaking/Institute of

   Higher learning of the Government of India.

(IV)       Children of transferable state government employees.

(V)        Children of non-transferable employees of state government.
(VI)       Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of autonomous bodies/ Public Sector
            Undertakings/Institute of Higher learning of the State Governments.

(vii)      Children from any other category.  

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

(I)      Children of employees of the Undertakings/Institute of higher learning which finances the Kendriya Vidyalayas fully;

(II)      The priorities given for Kendriya Vidyalayas under Civil/Defence sector will follow in the same sequence, thereafter.
 

    (a)   A child must be 5 years old on 30^th September 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. For relaxation
      of upper age limit exceeding more than two years, commissioner is the competent authority to
      relax, depending upon the merit of the case.

(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.  

    (i) 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.

    (II) 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.

    (III) if the list is of any category other than ( I) & (II) above, the names of all children of

    all categories would be written 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 :-

 (i)                 Primary classes (except class I) - English, Hindi & Maths.

 (II)                Middle classes - Hindi, English, Maths & General Knowledge.

 (III)               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.:

 (1)              The vacancies are available.

 (2)              The parent has been transferred to the station where the admission is sought

                   in the same academic session.  However 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.

  (3)             The child has been in the same course of studies i.e. in the CBSE-affiliated

                   school. 

  (4)             The child must have obtained not less than 50% marks in class IX & XI 

                   examination.

  (5)             The child should be eligible as per KVs admission guidelines.

  (6)             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

   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.

 *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 wish 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 may be allowed fresh admission 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

(I)                The children and dependent grand children of Hon’ble members of Parliament,

(II)               Children and grand children ( from son & daughter) of serving and retired KVs employees..

(III)              Children of central government employees who die in harness

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

(IV)             Grand children of serving employees of public sector undertakings in project schools

                  sponsored by concerned PSU.

(V)              Grand children of serving employees in the institutes of higher learning provided these

                  institutes bear the recurring and non-recurring expenses like the PSUs.

(VI)             Children of recipients of Paramveer Chakra, Mahavir Chakra, Veer Chakra, Ashok Chakra, Kirti

                  Chakra & Shourya Chakra.

(VII)            Children of recipients of president’s police medal for gallantry medal & police medal for   

                  gallantry.

(VIII)          Meritorious sports persons who have secured I, II & III position in SGFI/CBSE/National/State

                 level games organized by the Government.

(IX)            Recipients of Rashtrapati Puraskar in scouts & guides.

(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:-

1.       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.

2.       Admissions of children on the aforementioned grounds shall not exceed 5% of the total admissions/ sanctioned strength in a class in an academic year.

 3.      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.

4.        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.

( 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 last week of December 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.

(III) 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: