Lok Sabha Question No. 1705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Admission in KVs under Different Quota
Ministry: Education
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad, Goddeti Madhavi, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi, T.R.V.S. Ramesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1705 ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## ADMISSION IN KVs UNDER DIFFERENT QUOTA

## 1705.  DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.: SHRIMATI GODDETI MADHAVI: DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI: SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  admission  in  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  under  different quotas during the last three years, State-wise, particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the  steps  taken  by  Government  to  streamline  the  admission  process  in Kendriya Vidyalayas;
- (c) whether the Government has scrapped any discretionary quota recently;
- (d) whether the Government is considering any alternative arrangement in lieu of KV coupons/scrapped discretionary quota;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (f) whether Members of Parliament were informed/consulted about the scrapping of MP discretion; and
- (g) the number of students admitted in Kendriya Vidyalayas through the discretionary quotas in the past five years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a) State / UT-wise details of the admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) under different quotas / special provisions, including  Tamil  Nadu,  as  per  respective admission guidelines of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), during the last three years are annexed.
- (b) KVs  have  a  distinct  character  and  are  established  to  cater  to  educational needs  of  the  wards  of  transferable  Central  Government  Employees  including Defence  &  Para-Military  personnel,  Central  Autonomous  Bodies,  Central  Public Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  and  Central  Institute  of  Higher  Learning  (IHL)  by providing  a  common  programme  of  education  throughout  the  country.  Fresh

admission to Class-I is done through an online application portal developed for this purpose.  The  entire  process  of  fresh  admission  in  Class-I  such  as  submitting applications by the prospective parents, generation of provisional select list and wait list of candidates has been done through online application portal to streamline the admission  process  in  KVs.  This  has  enhanced  transparency  and  elimination  of human error.

- (c) to (e). Every organization keeps revisiting its procedures and policies in order to bring qualitative changes in the system.  Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has withdrawn some of the provisions that were discretionary such as quota of Hon'ble Minister of Education, Hon'ble Members  of  Parliament, Chairman,  Vidyalaya Management  Committee,  Sponsoring  Authority,  etc.  These  quotas  were  over  and above the sanctioned class strength and hence no seats have been freed. This will lead to maintaining a healthy pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) and also to achieve desired learning outcomes. There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government  at  present  to  bring  about  any  alternative  arrangement  in  lieu  of  KV coupons/scrapped discretionary quota.
- (f) The matter of increasing and withdrawing of the discretionary quota of Hon'ble Members of Parliament have been raised in both the Houses under Rule 377, Zero Hour etc. and suitable reply to these matters has been given to the Hon'ble Members of Parliament from time-to-time.
- (g) The  number  of  students  admitted in Kendriya Vidyalayas through the discretionary quotas in the past five years is under:-

|   Sl. No. | Years     | No. of admissions done in discretionary quota   |
|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2018-2019 | 10062                                           |
|         2 | 2019-2020 | 8934                                            |
|         3 | 2020-2021 | 9409                                            |
|         4 | 2021-2022 | 9553                                            |
|         5 | 2022-2023 | 140*                                            |

Admissions under Hon'ble Minister's Quota have not been included.

*Number  of  admissions  done  prior  to  issuance  of  withdrawal  of  discretionary  quota  of  Chairman,  Vidyalaya Management Committee.

No  admission  under  Minister's discretionary quota has  taken place since academic year 2021-22.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1705  RAISED  BY  SHRI  DR.  VISHNU  PRASAD  M.K.,  SHRIMATI  GODDETI  MADHAVI,  DR. BEESETTI  VENKATA  SATYAVATHI  AND  SHRI  T.R.V.S.  RAMESH,  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 13/02/2023 REGARDING 'ADMISSION IN KVs UNDER DIFFERENT QUOTA'.

State/UT-wise number of admissions in KVs under different quotas / special provisions, as per respective admission guidelines of KVS, in the Year 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23

| S.No   | Name of State/UT                   | Admission done under quota (As per provisions/discretionary respective Admission   | Admission done under quota (As per provisions/discretionary respective Admission   | different special quota of Guidelines)   |
|--------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S.No   | Name of State/UT                   | 2020-21                                                                            | 2021-22                                                                            | 2022-23                                  |
| 1      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | 58                                                                                 | 80                                                                                 | 11                                       |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                     | 943                                                                                | 997                                                                                | 149                                      |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 130                                                                                | 190                                                                                | 30                                       |
| 4      | Assam                              | 1195                                                                               | 1420                                                                               | 331                                      |
| 5      | Bihar                              | 1507                                                                               | 1780                                                                               | 274                                      |
| 6      | Chandigarh                         | 119                                                                                | 125                                                                                | 54                                       |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                       | 1024                                                                               | 1124                                                                               | 193                                      |
| 8      | Daman & Diu & Dadar & Nagar Haveli | 65                                                                                 | 70                                                                                 | 6                                        |
| 9      | Delhi                              | 1158                                                                               | 1351                                                                               | 657                                      |
| 10     | Goa                                | 158                                                                                | 140                                                                                | 42                                       |
| 11     | Gujarat                            | 1397                                                                               | 1446                                                                               | 214                                      |
| 12     | Haryana                            | 795                                                                                | 942                                                                                | 224                                      |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh                   | 290                                                                                | 395                                                                                | 69                                       |
| 14     | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 681                                                                                | 818                                                                                | 254                                      |
| 15     | Jharkhand                          | 479                                                                                | 672                                                                                | 163                                      |
| 16     | Karnataka                          | 1967                                                                               | 1924                                                                               | 310                                      |
| 17     | Kerala                             | 1250                                                                               | 1352                                                                               | 245                                      |
| 18     | Ladakh                             | 24                                                                                 | 29                                                                                 | 5                                        |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                        | 14                                                                                 | 9                                                                                  | 1                                        |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh                     | 3030                                                                               | 3324                                                                               | 700                                      |
| 21     | Maharashtra                        | 2225                                                                               | 2427                                                                               | 386                                      |
| 22     | Manipur                            | 136                                                                                | 169                                                                                | 43                                       |
| 23     | Meghalaya                          | 105                                                                                | 113                                                                                | 19                                       |
| 24     | Mizoram                            | 42                                                                                 | 45                                                                                 | 4                                        |
| 25     | Nagaland                           | 30                                                                                 | 51                                                                                 | 7                                        |
| 26     | Odisha                             | 1893                                                                               | 1947                                                                               | 298                                      |
| 27     | Puducherry                         | 92                                                                                 | 112                                                                                | 23                                       |
| 28     | Punjab                             | 1025                                                                               | 1268                                                                               | 205                                      |
| 29     | Rajasthan                          | 710                                                                                | 853                                                                                | 362                                      |
| 30     | Sikkim                             | 6                                                                                  | 9                                                                                  | 0                                        |
| 31     | TAMIL NADU                         | 1795                                                                               | 1846                                                                               | 249                                      |
| 32     | Telangana                          | 960                                                                                | 1100                                                                               | 168                                      |
| 33     | Tripura                            | 216                                                                                | 205                                                                                | 41                                       |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh                      | 3979                                                                               | 4571                                                                               | 940                                      |
| 35     | Uttarakhand                        | 732                                                                                | 931                                                                                | 258                                      |
| 36     | West Bengal                        | 1921                                                                               | 2075                                                                               | 252                                      |
| TOTAL  | TOTAL                              | 32151*                                                                             | 35910**                                                                            | 7187**                                   |

*Admissions under Hon'ble Minister's Quota have not been included.

**No admission under Hon'ble Minister's Quota was done since 2021-22.

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