Lok Sabha Question No. 209 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed, Sarmistha Sethi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2022

## ADMISSION IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

## *209. SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED: SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

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;
- (b) the  steps  taken  by  Government  to  streamline  the  admission process in Kendriya Vidyalayas;
- (c) whether the Government is considering any alternative arrangement in lieu of KV coupons;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether  Members  of  Parliament  were  informed/  consulted  about the  scrapping  of  MP  discretionary  quota  for  KVs  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 RAISED BY SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED AND SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO BE  ANSWERED  ON  01/08/2022  REGARDING ADMISSION  IN  KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

(a) State / UT-wise details of the admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) under different  quotas  /  special  provisions,  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)  There  is  no  such  proposal  under  consideration  of  the  Government  at present. 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.

The matter of increase / scrap of Hon'ble Members of Parliament discretionary quota 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.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 RAISED BY SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED AND SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO BE ANSWERED ON 01/08/2022 REGARDING ADMISSION IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

Admissions in KVs under different quotas / special provisions, as per respective admission guidelines of KVS, in the Year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22

| S. No   | Name of State/UT                   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |        53 |        58 |        80 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                     |       876 |       943 |       997 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                  |        88 |       130 |       190 |
| 4       | Assam                              |      1126 |      1195 |      1420 |
| 5       | Bihar                              |      1440 |      1507 |      1780 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                         |       117 |       119 |       125 |
| 7       | Chattisgarh                        |      1025 |      1024 |      1124 |
| 8       | Daman & Diu & Dadar & Nagar Haveli |        77 |        65 |        70 |
| 9       | Delhi                              |      1211 |      1158 |      1351 |
| 10      | Goa                                |       130 |       158 |       140 |
| 11      | Gujarat                            |      1368 |      1397 |      1446 |
| 12      | Haryana                            |       711 |       795 |       942 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                   |       301 |       290 |       395 |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir                    |       738 |       681 |       818 |
| 15      | Jharkhand                          |       498 |       479 |       672 |
| 16      | Karnataka                          |      1815 |      1967 |      1924 |
| 17      | Kerala                             |      1287 |      1250 |      1352 |
| 18      | Ladakh                             |        14 |        24 |        29 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                        |         9 |        14 |         9 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                     |      2988 |      3030 |      3324 |
| 21      | Maharashtra                        |      2190 |      2225 |      2427 |
| 22      | Manipur                            |       136 |       136 |       169 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                          |        87 |       105 |       113 |
| 24      | Mizoram                            |        41 |        42 |        45 |
| 25      | Nagaland                           |        32 |        30 |        51 |
| 26      | Odisha                             |      1752 |      1893 |      1947 |
| 27      | Puducherry                         |       103 |        92 |       112 |
| 28      | Punjab                             |       998 |      1025 |      1268 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                          |       668 |       710 |       853 |
| 30      | Sikkim                             |         8 |         6 |         9 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                         |      1716 |      1795 |      1846 |
| 32      | Telangana                          |       957 |       960 |      1100 |
| 33      | Tripura                            |       167 |       216 |       205 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh                      |      3655 |      3979 |      4571 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                        |       741 |       732 |       931 |
| 36      | West Bengal                        |      1804 |      1921 |      2075 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL                              |     30927 |     32151 |     35910 |

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