Complete Details about Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) Admission 2016-17 Class I to IX

Kendriya Vidyalaya which is also abbreviate as KV starts the admission for the year 2016-17 and all those parents who are planning to study their children in KV School it is the perfect time and here on this page I am going to share the everything related to Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) Admission 2016-17 for Class 1st to 9th. You can get all this information from the official website of KVS as well. The purpose of sharing information regarding Kendriya Vidyalaya is provide and help to reader or user of this blog who are interested in such kind of information.

This post contains followings:

GENERAL GUIDELINES to Take Admission
PRIORITIES IN ADMISSION
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS/
INSTITUTES OF HIGHER LEARNING
ELIGIBLE AGE FOR ADMISSION
RESERVATIONS IN ADMISSION
REGISTRATION for KVS
List of Documents Required
METHOD OF ADMISSION IN CLASS I
METHOD OF ADMISSION IN CLASS II TO VIII
METHOD OF ADMISSION IN CLASS IX

GENERAL GUIDELINES to Take Admission in Kendriya Vidyalaya

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In supersession of all the guidelines governing admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas that have been issued in the past, the following guidelines are issued to regulate admissions in the Kendriya Vidyalayas with effect from the academic session 2014-15. These guidelines are not applicable to Kendriya Vidyalayas located abroad.

DEFINITIONS
Unless the context suggests otherwise, the definition of the following terms used in these guidelines 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. and minimum period of stay at a place should be six months.
  • 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.

PRIORITIES IN ADMISSION

The following priorities shall be followed in granting admissions:-

(A) KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS UNDER CIVIL/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 / Public Sector Undertaking/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/ Public Sector Undertakings/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/ INSTITUTES OF HIGHER LEARNING:

  1. Children and grandchildren of employees of the Project Sector/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 grand children of retired employees.

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

  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/Public Sector Undertaking/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/ Public Sector Undertakings/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 granted based on the number of transfers of the parents in the last 7 years.

ELIGIBLE AGE FOR ADMISSION

A Child must be 5 years old as on 31st March in the academic year in which admission is sought for Class I.(Child born on 1st April should also be considered.)

  1. The minimum and maximum age limit for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas in various classes is given below:
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
I 5 Years 7 Years
II 6 Years 8 Years
III 7 Years 9 Years
IV 8 Years 10 Years
V 9 Years 11 Years
VI 10 Years 12 Years
VII 11 Years 13 Years
VIII 12 Years 14 Years
IX 13 Years 15 Years
X 14 Years 16 Years

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

  1. 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.

RESERVATIONS IN ADMISSION

  1. SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULED TRIBE CATEGORY

15% seats for Scheduled Caste and 7.5% seats for Scheduled Tribes shall be reserved in all fresh admissions in all Kendriya Vidyalayas.

  1. PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED 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).

(i) 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.

(ii) 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.

(iii) 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.

(iv) All cases of local transfer on KV TC will be done with the approval of DC concerned on merit. 7

(v) 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/nearest KV in extremely deserving cases.

EQUIVALENCE OF N.I.O.S / STATE BOARDS / ICSE FOR ADMISSION IN CLASS XI IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

The students of State Boards/ICSE/NIOS where marks are awarded be considered for admission in class XI if vacancies exist. The marks awarded in various subjects are considered against the corresponding Grade awarded by CBSE. * Marks of different subjects are to be converted into grades as per CBSE norms as given below:

Conversion of marks into Grades:

Marks Range Grade
91-100 A1
81-90 A2
71-80 B1
61-70 B2
51-60 C1
41-50 C2
33-40 D
21-32 E1
0-20 E2

REGISTRATION for KVS

(i) 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 and admission can be granted as per KVS Admission Guidelines.

(ii) 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 in the months of May and June notifying the availability of vacancies.

(iii) 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.

(iv) 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 30 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 by 31st of July with the approval of the Deputy Commissioner.

(v) Registration forms shall be made available by the Principal FREE OF COST.You can get the information of nearest school from here “List of Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools in Delhi“.

(vi) Registration forms complete in all respects and accompanied by all required documents must be submitted to the Vidyalaya office within the prescribed date.

(vii)Attested copies of the prescribed documents would be required to be submitted along with the application form for registration.

List of Documents Required

  • 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 certificates from Notified Area Council / Municipality / Municipal Corporation extract about the date of birth from records of Village Panchayat, Military Hospital and service records of Defence personnel or Affidavit. 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 or affidavit.
  • For grandchildren 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 would be needed.
  • For grandchildren of KVS employee a proof of relationship would be required.
  • A certificate that the child belongs to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/EWS/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)/BPL/Differently abled, wherever applicable, issued by the competent authority in concerned State Government/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/rehabilitation centre 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 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:

(i) Mere registration will not confer a right to admission.
(ii) Incomplete application forms shall normally be rejected. In case vacancies remain, Principal may allow completion of the form later at his discretion.
(iii) 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.
(iv) When a child is registered for admission in class I in a Kendriya Vidyalaya but, before declaration of the selection list, 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 registration at that place has expired. The registration form in original is transferred to the Kendriya Vidyalaya of new place of posting and a photo copy of the same be retained in the school where the child was initially registered.
(v) 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 I

Out of the available seats of fresh admission 15% will be reserved for SC and 7.5% will be reserved for ST. The short fall in the number of seats reserved for SC and ST, will be worked out after considering number of SC/ST children admitted under RTE quota.

(1) In first phase, 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/ST/EWS/BPL/OBC (Non Creamy Layer)/Differently abled taken together.

(2) In second phase, remaining seats are to be filled as per existing Priority category system. The short fall in the seats reserved for SC/ST, if any shall be made good by admitting SC/ST applicants. For example: In a single Section School 6 seats are reserved for SC and 3 Seats for ST (15% for SC and 7.5% for ST). Assuming that, 2 SC candidates, 1 ST candidate and 1 Differently Abled candidate are admitted under RTE in the lottery system In first phase, then available SC seats will be considered as 6-2 = 4 and ST seats will be 3-1 = 2. The left out registered candidates from SC and ST category will be considered as per order of Priority categories for admission. In this case the remaining 24 seats will be available for admission under order of Priority of Category.

Note-1:

  1. a) In no case the seats reserved as per RTE will be de-reserved.
  2. b) The seats reserved for SC/ST may be interchanged, by interchanging SC seats to ST and vice- versa after 20th July.
  3. c) If required numbers of candidates covered under RTE do not register in 1st spell of registration then a second notification may be given in the month of April.
  4. d) The definition/eligibility criteria of Disadvantaged Group/Weaker Section/BPL/OBC (Non creamy layer) will be as per the notification of the concerned State Governments.
  5. e) Admission test will not be conducted for Class I.

Note-2:

A DEFINITION OF DISADVANTAGED GROUP

  1. Child belonging to 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.

DEFINITION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD & PROOF OF RESIDENCE

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

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:

  1. Proof of residence shall have to be produced by all applicants. However admission cannot be denied due to non-submission of Proof of residence.
  2. A self-declaration in writing from the parent about distance may also be accepted to this effect.

 

COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE FOR 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 I or in any other class 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 Convenor
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.

 

FEE AND OTHER CONCESSIONS

No fee to be charged from the children admitted under the 25% quota prescribed under RTE Act 2009

One set of NCERT text books for his/her class to each child will be provided by the school and other expenses on account of note books, stationary, uniform and transport will be reimbursed on production of proper bills in respect of 25% of the children admitted under the Act subject to the ceiling prescribed.

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.

METHOD OF ADMISSION IN CLASS II TO VIII

Admission test shall not be conducted for admission to Class II to VIII 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)

METHOD OF ADMISSION IN CLASS IX

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

(i) Admission test shall be conducted in the subjects: Hindi, English, Math, Social Science and Science.

(ii) Candidates must secure at least 33% marks in all subjects to qualify. Merit List will be prepared as per the Priority Category. Concession up to 5 marks can be given for deficiency in language (Hindi & English).

(iii) Students belonging to SC/ST will be eligible for admission on securing 25% in aggregate.

For more information regarding KVS admission or general guidlines please visit official website notficiation of KVS here “KVS General Guideline