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The
idea of encouraging the growth
of Secondary Schools with a
common syllabus and medium of
instruction for the benefit
of the children of Central Government
employees, including defence
personnel liable to frequent
transfers was first approved
in November, 1962, by the Government
of India. Consequently, Central
Schools Organisation was started
as a unit of the Ministry of
Education, now Ministry of Human
Resource Development of the
Govt. of India, so that the
education of their children
was not disrupted due to their
frequent and sudden transfers
in public interest. Initially,
20 Regimental Schools, then
functioning at places having
large concentration of defence
personnel, were taken over as
Central Schools during the academic
year 1963-64.
In 1965, an autonomous body,
namely, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
was registered as a Society
under Societies Registration
Act XXI of 1860 which took over
the task of opening and managing
the Central Schools, henceforth
called Kendriya Vidyalayas.
Over the years, the number of
Kendriya Vidyalayas are growing
in numbers nearing the 1000
mark. The Kendriya Vidyalayas
have a four-fold mission, namely,
to cater to the educational
needs of children of transferable
Central Government employees
including Defence and Para-military
personnel by providing a common
programme of education; to pursue
excellence and set the pace
in the field of school education;to
initiate and promote experimentation
and innovations in education
in collaboration with other
bodies like the Central Board
of Secondary Education (CBSE),
the National Council of Educational
Research and Training (NCERT)
etc. and to develop the spirit
of national integration and
create a sense of 'Indianness'
among children.
In
pursuance of the above objectives,
the Kendriya Vidyalayas have
been set up with the following
features:
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Kendriya Vidyalayas
primarily cater
to the educational
needs of the wards
of transferable
Central Govt. employees.
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All
Kendriya Vidyalayas
are co-educational.
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Common
Text books, common
curriculum and bi-lingual
medium of instruction,
i.e. English and Hindi
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All
Kendriya Vidyalayas
are affiliated to
the Central Board
of Secondary Education.
Some Kendriya Vidyalayas
in States of Andhra
Pradesh and Tamilnadu
are also affiliated
with State Education
Boards at the +2
level.
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Teaching
of three languages
- English, Hindi
& Sanskrit from
Class VI to VIII
is compulsory. In
Class IX and X,
any two languages
out of
English, Hindi and
Sanskrit can be
offered. Sanskrit
can also be taken
as an elective subject
at +2 stage.
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No
tuition fee is charged
from students up
to Class VIII, the
wards of staff of
KVS, SC/ST students,
children of Officers
and men of the Armed
Forces killed or
disabled during
the wars of 1962,
1965 and 1971 against
China and Pakistan
and girl students
up to Class XII.
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"Nothing is quite like
the company of a good teacher"-
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
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