Welcome to the KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN - a premier organization in India administering 1073 schools as on known as ''Kendriya Vidyalayas'' with 10,30,654 students as on and 48,596 employees (including outsourced) on rolls as on Since inception in 1965, the Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central Schools) have come to be known as centers of excellence in the field of secondary and senior secondary education promoting national integration and a sense of ''Indianness'' among the children while ensuring their total personality development and academic excellence.....

केन्द्रीय विद्यालयों के प्रमुख चार मिशन इस प्रकार है – 1. केन्द्रीय सरकार के स्थानांतरणीय कर्मचारियों जिनमें रक्षा तथा अर्धसैनिक बलों के कर्मी भी शामिल हैं, के बच्चों को शिक्षा के सामान्य कार्यक्रम के तहत शिक्षा प्रदान कर उनकी शैक्षिक अवश्यकताओं को पूरा करना। 2.. विद्यालयी शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में श्रेष्ठता और गति निर्धारित करना। 3. केन्द्रीय माध्यमिक षिक्षा बोर्ड ( सी. बी. एस. सी.) राष्ट्रीय शैक्षिक अनुसंधानएवं प्रशिक्षण परिषद् ( एन. सी. ई. आर. टी.) इत्यादि जैसे अन्य निकायों के सहयोग से शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में नए - नए प्रयोग तथा नवाचार को सम्मिलित करना । 4. बच्चों में राष्ट्रीय एकता और ’ भारतीयता ’ की भावना का विकास करना ।

OBJECTIVES To cater to the educational needs of the children of transferable Central Government employees including Defence and Para-Military personnel by providing a common programme of education; To pursue excellence and set pace in the field of school education; To initiate and promote experimentation and innovativeness in education in collaboration with other bodies like the

Central Board of Secondary Education and National Council of Educational Research and Training etc. Central Board of Secondary Education To develop the spirit of national integration and create a sense of "Indianness" among children. SALIENT FEATURES Common text-books and bilingual medium of instructions for all Kendriya Vidyalayas. All Kendriya Vidyalayas affiliated to Central Board of Secondary EducationCentral Board of Secondary Education All Kendriya Vidyalayas are co-educational, composite schools.

Sanskrit is taught from class V to X The quality of teaching is kept reasonably high by an appropriate teacher-pupil ratio. No tuition fee for boys upto Class VIII, girls upto Class XII and SC/ST students and children of KVS employees.

Commissioner -Shri Avinash Dikshit Joint Commissioner (Administration) Sh. O. M. Prabhakaran Joint Commissioner (Academics) Dr. Dinesh Kumar Deputy Commissioner (Training) Dr. Shachi Kant Deputy Commissioner (Finance) Shri M Arumugam Deputy Commissioner (Academics) Shri U.N. Khaware Deputy Commissioner (Personnel) Dr. E. Prabhakar Deputy Commissioner (Administration) Shri S. Vijaya Kumar

Organisational Hierarchy

The Kendirya Vidyalaya Sangathan is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860). The primary aim of the Sangathan is to provide,establish,endow,maintain control and manage the Central Schools (Kendriya Vidyalayas) located all over India and abroad. The Sangathan has three tier management structure with its (I) Headquarters (II) Regional Offices managing a cluster about schools and (III) Kendriya Vidyalayas spread all over the country and abroad each having their Vidyalaya Manangement Committees.

GENERAL BODY OF SANGATHAN The genearl body of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is the apex body. The Minister of Human Resource Development, in-charge of the Kendriya Vidyalayas scheme, is the Chairman of the Sangathan. The Minister of state in the Ministry of Human Resource Development is the Deputy Chairman and an Officer of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, specified by the Government of India for this purpose, is the Vice Chairman of the Sangathan.

Other members are appointed by the Government of India from amongst senior officers of the Ministries of Finance, Defence,Works and Housing, Health and department of Personnel and Training as well as distinguished educationists including representatives of the Central Board of Secondary Education. National Council of Educational Research and Training and State Governments besides Members of Parliament, Women representatives and Members of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes.

STANDING COMMITTEES Finance Committee, Works Committee and Academic Advisory Committee are the Standing Committees of the Board of Governors of the Sangathan. The functions and powers of these Committees in brief, are as under: ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE To advice about the academic and co-curricular programmes of Kendriya Vidyalayas - to help prepare guidelines for implementation of these programmes - to help Kendriya Vidyalayas realise, among others, the objectives of the Sangathan, viz., to develop the Vidyalayas as "School of Excellence" in the context of the National goals of education - to promote national integration and to review publication programmes and suggest improvements. FINANCE COMMITTEE To scrutinize the accounts and budget estimates of the Sangathan - to consider and make recommendations to the Board for new expenditure on account of major work - to scrutinize re- appropriation statement and audit notes and to review the finances of the Sangathan besides getting concurrent audit conducted.

WORKS COMMITTEE To recommend the work policy of the Sangathan - to consider and approve the work programme- to prescribe norms for issue of administrative approval and expenditure sanction - to review the progress of construction work to advice the Board on policy matters relating to works programme PRIMARY EDUCATION Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan had set up a task force in 1994 to suggest a specific course of action for the strengthening of Primary Education in the Kendriya Vidyalaya. This Committee made some recommendations with an emphasis on joyful learning through an activity base approach. Accordingly the K V S has adopted the activity based approach for teaching at the Primary level, together with a system of grades for assessing the child’s performance.

The aim of assessment is to improve the child’s capability rather enforcing retention in the same class. To ensure a smooth transition from the home environment to the Primary school, a "School Readiness Programme" of 6 weeks duration has been developed and adopted. At the end of the programme the teacher may assess if the desired behavioral outcome has been achieved in the following areas

Recognition of the environment Confidence Observation Pattern copying Correlation Classification Sequential arrangement Expression Understanding Creative Skills

Strengthening Of Primary Education In pursuance to the recommendations of the Yashpal Committee, the School Readiness Programme for 6 to 8 weeks and the activity- based approach for teaching and grading system for assessing the performance of children have been adopted. The grading is for improving the competency and skill of the child rather than detaining the child in the same class. A five-point scale has been adopted for classes I to V. A handbook on School Readiness programme and handbooks for PRTs for classes I to V have been published to provide the required orientation for Principals and teachers.

Pre-Primary Education A scheme of Pre-Primary classes on self-financing basis was started in 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas in the year However, all Kendriya Vidyalayas having three or more sections in each class have noe been allowed to introduce upto two sections of the pre-primary on self financing basis, provided there is a demand from category 1st parents and infrastructure is available with the Vidyalaya. Its salient features are :-

The Vidyalaya will spare one class room of suitable size on the ground floor. A development fee of Rs. 400 /- per child per month will be charged. Admission will be granted as per the priority categories applicable for Class I Class-strength should be between 20 to 25 only. Age of the child should be four years as on Ist April. The upper age limit is 5 years. Duration of the class will be 4 hours and will be conducted 5 days a week. A Nursery trained teacher and an Aaya will be engaged on part-time basis. At present pre-primary education is implemented in 166 Kendriya Vidyalayas.