Lok Sabha Question No. 1509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-29
Subject: Skill Education in KVs Curriculum
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1509**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2015**

**SKILL EDUCATION IN KVs CURRICULUM**

**1509. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:**

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) 	whether there is any proposal to include skill education in the curriculum of the Kendriya Vidyalayas;

(b) 	if so, the details thereof; and

(c) 	the action taken by the Government in this regard?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

(a) to (c): The Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) follow the curriculum prescribed by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Work education is one of the listed subjects of Co-scholastic areas in the curriculum and is followed in all KVs from Class-VI onwards. Other suggestive activities include Cookery Skills, Hand embroidery, Repair and maintenance of domestic electrical gadgets, Computer operation and maintenance, Photography etc. Skill education is also being imparted in the KVs through visual and performing arts.

Vocational courses listed in the CBSE Curriculum have also been introduced   in  67     KVs     for     the    students    of    Secondary     (IX-X)   and

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higher Secondary (XI-XII) Classes in different streams as indicated below:-

| **Sl. No.**   | **Name of the Region**   | **Name of Vocational Courses**   | **Classes**   | **Number of schools**   |        |
|---------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|--------|
|               | Ahmedabad                | Information Technology (IT)      | IX & X        | 3                       | 3      |
|               | Bhopal                   | IT                               | IX & X        | 3                       | 3      |
|               | Bhubaneshwar             | IT                               | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Chandigarh               | IT                               | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Chennai                  | IT                               | IX & X        | 3                       | 3      |
|               | Delhi                    | IT                               | IX & X        | 9                       | 9      |
|               | Ernakulam                | IT                               | IX & X        | 3                       | 3      |
|               | Gurgaon                  | IT                               | IX & X        | 8                       | 8      |
|               | Guwahati                 | IT                               | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Hyderabad                | IT                               | IX & X        | 3                       | 3      |
|               | Jabalpur                 | IT                               | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Jaipur                   | IT                               | IX & X        | 3                       | 3      |
|               | Jammu                    | IT                               | IX & X        | 3                       | 3      |
|               | Kolkata                  | IT                               | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Lucknow                  | IT & Automobile                  | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Mumbai                   | IT                               | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Patna                    | IT                               | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Raipur                   | IT                               | IX & X        | 4                       | 4      |
|               | Ranchi                   | IT                               | IX & X        | 2                       | 2      |
|               | Tinsukia                 | IT                               | IX & X        | 2                       | 2      |
|               | Varanasi                 | IT                               | IX & X        | 3                       | 3      |
|               | Chandigarh               | Retail                           | X             | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Jabalpur                 | Retail                           | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Jaipur                   | Retail                           | IX            | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Jammu                    | Retail                           | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Lucknow                  | Retail                           | IX & X        | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Ranchi                   | Retail                           | IX & X        | 2                       | 2      |
|               | Agra                     | Hospitality & Tourism            | XI & XII      | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Bhubaneswar              | Financial Market Management      | XI & XII      | 1                       | 1      |
|               | Hyderabad                | Financial Market Management      | XI & XII      | 1                       | 1      |
| **Total**     |                          |                                  |               |                         | **67** |

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