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Kendriya
Vidyalaya
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The Kendriya
Vidyalayas are run by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan ,an autonomous body
formed by the Ministry of education , Govt. of India,New Delhi, as a result of the
recommendations of the Second Pay Commission. They primarily cater to the
educational needs of the children of the Govt. Employees including Defence
Personnel and floating population liable to frequent transfers throughout the
country. Needless to say , therefore, they have common syllabus and are
affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education , New Delhi.
Every
school , hence is a “Miniature India” in itself and tries to inculcate in its students feeling of
patriotism , brotherhood and national integration.
Places chosen
for establishing Kendriya Vidyalayas are those having concentration of Defence
Personnel and other transferable Central Govt. Employees. For admission the
Vidyalayas give priority to the children of transferable Defence Personnel,
Central Govt. Employees and Personnel of All India Service , but other floating
population State Govt. Employees desirous of having such common pattern of
education are also eligible for admission to the remaining seats. The
instruction is imparted through the medium for Hindi and English in these
Vidyalayas , the intimate object being enable pupils to achieve a reasonable
measure of proficiency in both the languages. The Vidyalayas prepare School
Certificates Examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education,
New Delhi.
The
Vidyalayas are being developed as quality vidyalayas with some of the useful
features of popular residential vidyalayas without making the schooling very
expensive. The quality of teaching is kept reasonably high by an appropriate
teacher pupil ratio and provision of a suitable proportion of teacher with high
qualifications.
The Kendriya Vidyalayas aim at having
not only a common syllabus but also a well-prepared syllabus and good text
books based on that syllabus . They are intended to be equipped with good
libraries, good laboratories and variety of other useful
co-curricular activities.
Vidyalayas provide for the studies of
Humanities and Science and many of them are multi purpose in character
providing for diversified courses in Commerce, Home Science and Technology.