Its new admissions time in the Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and the schools here are witnessing large number of admission seekers these days. The K Vs are seeking admissions for the class I and the last date of depositing the registration forms is March 10.
The KVs are reputed for imparting good education and having best infrastructure facilities which the students get at very less fee. There are fifty KVs in the Uttarakhand region and these schools have invited applications from February 10; March 10 is the last date of depositing the applications of registration. The Principal of KV, Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) D S Negi told The Pioneer that his admission office has received more than 300 registrations till date for 80 vacancies of class I. The Assistant Director of Kendriya Vidhayala Sangathan (K V S) S S Chauhan told The Pioneer that the schools are getting very good response for the admissions, he said the K V S employ a very transparent policy for giving admissions. Explaining the procedure of admissions, the Principal of K V Beerpur, H S Sharma said there are three types of KVs which are Defence K Vs, civil K Vs and project K V (like ONGC, FRI etc).
He said both in Defence and Civil type KVs top priority is given to Defence personnel, second priority is for central government employees, third priority is for state government employees, and forth priority is given to Banks and lIC employees while last priority is for floating ones. In the project KVs the top priority is given to the employees of the institutions they are associated and second priority is for defence personnel. The KVs also give admissions under the Chairman and Member of Parliament quotas. Every KV has a chairman of the management committee who can recommend two admissions while the Member of Parliament (MP) - both lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha- can give recommendations for 6 admissions. The lok Sabha MP can give recommendation in the schools of his constituency while the Rajya Sabha MP can recommend for the entire state. The MPs are provided coupons (six) for admissions which they send to the head office of KVS.