Kendriya Vidyalaya Admission 2023-2024
KVS Admission for the Academic Year 2023-24
KVS Class 1 Online Admission 2023-2024 | KV School Admission 2023-24 Class 1 | Kendriya Vidyalaya Online Admission 2023-24
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Admission Guidelines 2023-2024 PDF
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Admission Schedule 2023-2024 PDF
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Admission Notice 2023-2024 PDF
All 1248 KV schools in India have an online registration site provided by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for Class 1 admission. The selection list (provisional merit list) for class 1 admission for the academic year 2023–2024 will be made public on the Kendriya Vidyalaya website following the completion of registration. Parents are urged to keep an eye on the Kendriya Vidyalaya Admission Notification website for the 2023–2024 school year. For the current academic year 2023–2024, class 1 admission is anticipated to start during the final week of February 2023. The online KVS school application’s Android app will be created and uploaded to the Google Play store. KVS Online App for Class 1 Admission should be known to all students or parents. The mobile app will be simple to use.
No Registration Fee is Required for Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools.
Important Dates for KVS Class 1 Admission 2023-2024
- Last week of February 2023, KVS Admission Notice
- KVS Registration Admission – First week of March 2023, 2023-24
- KVS Admission Class 1 Lottery Result 2023-2024: Last week of March 2023 or First week of April 2023
The tentative schedule for Kendriya Vidyalaya Admission 2023 is provided above, and it will be updated following Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan notification.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 1 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 1
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Class 1 registration is only available online. According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entry into class 1 are 6 and 8 years respectively.
- School heads will provide registration forms free of charge. The online admissions portal will be used to register students for class 1. Online lotteries will be used to determine who gets into class 1.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 2 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 2
- Priority will be given to students applying for class 2. It implies that the lottery technique would be used if there are more applications than there are seats available.
- According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entrance into class 2 are 7 and 9 years, respectively.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 3 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 3
- Priority will be given to those applying for admission to class 3. It implies that the lottery technique would be used if there are more applications than there are seats available.
- According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entry into class 3 are 8 and 10 years respectively.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 4 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 4
- Priority will be given to students applying to class 4. It implies that the lottery technique would be used if there are more applications than there are seats available.
- According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entry into class 4 are 9 and 11 years respectively.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 5 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 5
- Priority will be given to students applying to class 5. It implies that the lottery technique would be used if there are more applications than there are seats available.
- According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entry into class 5 are respectively 10 and 12 years.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 6 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 6
- Priority will be given to students applying to class 6. It implies that the lottery technique would be used if there are more applications than there are seats available.
- According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entry into class 6 are 11 and 13 years respectively.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 7 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 7
- Priority will be given to those applying for admission to class 7. It implies that the lottery technique would be used if there are more applications than there are seats available.
- According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entry into class 7 are 12 and 14 years, respectively.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 8 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 8
- Priority will be given to those applying for admission to class 8. It implies that the lottery technique would be used if there are more applications than there are seats available.
- According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entry into class 8 are 13 and 15 years respectively.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 9 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 9
- Applicants will be admitted to class 9 based on how well they perform on an entrance exam.
- According to NEP 2020, the minimum and maximum ages for entry into class 9 are both 14 years old.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 10 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 10
- Class 10 admissions are based upon availability and in accordance with KVS guidelines.
- If a candidate for Class IX admission is also applying for Class X entrance in the same year, there is no age restriction.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 11 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 11
- Within 20 days of the announcement of the class 10th result, admission to class 11 will begin based on the performance of the candidates in class 10.
Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya for Class 12 in 2023-2024
KVS Class 12
- Class 12 admissions are based upon availability and in accordance with KVS guidelines.
- If there is no gap in the ongoing study, there is no set age limit for class XII students.
New Guidelines for Kendriya Vidyalaya Admission
(i) CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: An employee who is regular (i.e. an employee working on that post sanctioned by the Government in substantive capacity) and draws his emoluments from the Consolidated Fund of India.
(ii) TRANSFERABLE: An employee who has been transferred at least once in the preceding 7 years shall be deemed to be transferable
(iii) TRANSFER: An employee would be treated as transferred only if he/she has been transferred by the competent authority from one place/urban agglomeration to another place/urban agglomeration which is at a distance of at least 20 Kms. and minimum period of stay at a place should be six months.
(iv) AUTONOMOUS BODIES / PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS: Organizations which are fully financed by the government or where the government share is more than 51 per cent would be deemed to be autonomous bodies/ public sector undertakings.
(v) SINGLE GIRL CHILD: Single Girl Child means the only child i.e. only girl child to the parents, with no other siblings.
Priority for Admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya 2023-24
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
When making admissions decisions, the following criteria will be used:
(A) KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS UNDER CIVIL/DEFENCE SECTOR:
- Children of transferable and non-transferable Central government employees and children of ex- servicemen. This will also include children of Foreign National officials, who come on deputation or transfer to India on invitation by Govt. of India.
- Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies / Public Sector Undertaking/Institute of Higher Learning of the Government of India.
- Children of transferable and non-transferable State Government employees.
- Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies/ Public Sector Undertakings/Institute of Higher Learning of the State Governments.
- Children from any other category including the children of Foreign Nationals who are located in India due to their work or for any personal reasons. The children of Foreign Nationals would be considered only in case there are no Children of Indian Nationals waitlisted for admission.
Note: Preference in Admission to wards will be based on the number of transfers of the parents in the last 7 years.
(B) KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS UNDER PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS/ INSTITUTES OF HIGHER LEARNING:
- Children and grandchildren of employees of the Project Sector/Institutes of Higher Learning which are the sponsors of the Vidyalaya, Children of Project employees & Post Graduate students who are working on long term research projects, Children of regular Council of Wardens (COW) employees and children and grandchildren of retired employees.
Note: Preference in Admission will be given to children of serving employees, grand children of serving employees and children and grandchildren of retired employees in that order. - Children of transferable and non-transferable Central government employees and children of ex- servicemen. This will also include children of Foreign National officials, who come on deputation or transfer to India on invitation by Govt. of India.
- Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies/ Public Sector Undertaking/ Institute of Higher Learning of the Government of India.
- Children of transferable and non-transferable State Government employees.
- Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies/ Public Sector Undertakings/ Institute of Higher Learning of the State Governments.
- Children from any other category including the children of Foreign Nationals who are located in India due to their work or for any personal reasons. The Children of Foreign Nationals would be considered only in case there are no children of Indian Nationals waitlisted for admission.
Note: Preference in Admission to wards will be granted based on the number of transfers of the parents in the last 7 years.
KVS Admission 2023-24 for Class 1 Age Limit | Kendriya Vidyalaya Admission Age Limit 2023-24
ELIGIBLE AGE FOR ADMISSION
A Child must be 6 years old as on 31st March in the academic year in which admission is sought for Class I. (Child born on 1st April should also be considered.)
A). The minimum and maximum age limit for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas in various classes is given below: (Child born on 1st April should also be considered.)
CLASS | MINIMUM AGE ON 31ST MARCH OF THE YEAR IN WHICH ADMISSION IS SOUGHT | MAXIMUM AGE ON 31ST MARCH OF THE YEAR IN WHICH ADMISSION IS SOUGHT |
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I | 6 years* | 8 years |
II | 6 years | 8 years |
III | 7 years | 9 years |
IV | 8 years | 10 years |
V | 9 years | 11 years |
VI | 10 years | 12 years |
VII | 11 years | 13 years |
VIII | 12 years | 14 years |
IX | 13 years | 15 years |
X | 14 years | 16 years |
* As per mandate of NEP 2020 entry age for Class I has been revised to 6+ years with effect from Academic Session 2022-23.
Note: The maximum age limit can be relaxed by two years in case of Differently abled children by the Principal.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Admission Reservations 2023-24
SCHEDULED CASTE, SCHEDULED TRIBE AND OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES CATEGORY
- 15% seats for Scheduled Caste
- 7.5% seats for Scheduled Tribes
- 27% seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL) shall be reserved in all fresh admissions in all Kendriya Vidyalayas.
DIFFERENTLY ABLED CATEGORY
- 3% seats of total available seats for fresh admission will be horizontally reserved for Differently Abled-children as per the provisions of RTE Act, 2009.
- Read in conjunction with Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
ADMISSION WITH KV TRANSFER CERTIFICATE INCLUDING LOCAL TRANSFER (TC).
- Admission of children with KV TC will be automatic (over and above Class Strength) if the parent has been transferred from one station to another. When the class strength reaches 55, the efforts should be initiated to open additional sections.
- Defence personnel and Para-military Forces who shift their families to a station of their choice whenever they are transferred to some non-family areas or posted in Naxal affected areas, can admit their children on KV TC in a KV located at the station where they will keep their family.
- In all other cases where transfer of the parent is not involved, the admission with KV TC would be done only with the prior approval of the Deputy Commissioner of the region concerned.
- All cases of local transfer on KV TC will be done with the approval of DC concerned on merit.
- A student with KV TC may also be permitted in project KVs only up to class strength of 45 with the prior concurrence of Chairman, VMC. Beyond this no admission on KV TC would be done in project schools. However, Deputy Commissioner of the region is empowered to allow admission in the project/nearest KV in extremely deserving cases.
STUDENTS OF N.I.O.S / STATE BOARDS / ICSE FOR ADMISSION IN CLASS XI IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS
- The students of State Boards/ ICSE/ NIOS may be considered for admission in class XI if vacancies exist.
FRESH ADMISSION FOR CLASS X AND XII
Fresh admissions to class X & XII, other than KV students, will be entertained subject to availability of vacancies. Such admissions to class X and XII will be considered by the Deputy Commissioner of the Region concerned, only if, the average strength in class X/XII is below 40. This will further be subject to the following conditions:
- The child has been in the same course of studies i.e. in a CBSE-affiliated school.
- For Class X, the child must have obtained not less than 55% marks in aggregate in class IX.
- For admission to class XII, 55% marks in class XI examination is mandatory.
- The child should otherwise be eligible as per KVS admission guidelines.
- The combinations of subjects opted by the student are available in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
ADMISSION OF CHILDREN STUDYING ABROAD SEATS
A KV Student, who went abroad with his parents on their deputation to a foreign country, will be admitted to corresponding class on their return to India by the Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, where admission is being sought (such admissions will be over and above the class strength)
ADMISSION FOR VACANT SEATS
In case seats remain vacant after 30th June as the case may be, in the year of admission, Deputy Commissioner of the Region is empowered to allow admissions up to the prescribed strength as per priorities in admission up to 31st July.
Note: In case of any issue related to the interpretation of Admission Guidelines, the decision of Commissioner KVS, will be final.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Admission Procedure 2023-24
KVS Online Admission Registration 2023-24
- Registration shall not be done if there is no vacancy or likelihood of any vacancy in a particular class. In case a vacancy arises in future, registration can be made after giving wide publicity at local level/Vidyalaya website and admission can be granted as per KVS Admission Guidelines.
- In case the number of children seeking registration is less because of which all seats have not been filled up, the Principal shall issue a second advertisement in the month of May/June notifying the availability of vacancies.
- Admissions are required to be made with the approval of the Executive Committee of the Vidyalaya. In case the Executive Committee does not approve the admissions up to the full sanctioned strength of the class, the Principal shall intimate this fact to the Deputy Commissioner who may approve the admissions.
- Registration for class XI shall be taken up immediately after the declaration of results of class X and admissions up to the full strength of the class should be completed within 20 days after declaration of results by CBSE. In case there is any difficulty in admitting children up to the full strength because of the Executive Committee of the Vidyalaya not approving the same, the procedure as laid down for other classes above shall be followed and admissions up to the sanctioned strength of the class shall be made within 30 days of declaration of CBSE results with the approval of the Deputy Commissioner.
- Registration forms shall be made available by the Principal FREE OF COST. However, for Class-I registration will be done online on Online Admission Portal when the portal is live.
- Registration forms complete in all respects and accompanied by all required documents must be submitted/sent to the Vidyalaya concerned within the prescribed date as per notification of the KVS.
- Attested copies of the prescribed documents would be required to be submitted along with the application form for registration.
KVS Admission 2023-2024 FAQ
In the first or second week of February, the official website of Kendriya Vidyalaya would typically publish an admission notification with the admission timetable and an invitation to parents to register their children for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas for the academic year 2023-2024.
Only online applications for KVS Class 1 Admission should be submitted using the KVS Admission 2023-2024 Mobile App or the official website kvs online admission. kvs. gov .in.
Only Kendriya Vidyalaya Std. 1 admissions are accepted through the online registration website kvs online admission. kvs. gov. in.
A child must be at least 6 years old as of March 31 in order to enrol in KVS Class 1. (A child born on April 1st should also be taken into account)
Required Documents for KVS Class 1 Admission 2023-24
You must provide all required documentation for KVS Class I at the time of admission for the 2023-24 academic year.
- DOWNLOADED AND PRINTED COPY OF ONLINE FILLED ADMISSION FORM (Mandatory)
2. Certificate of proof of age in the form of a Birth certificate issued by the authority competent to register births. This will include certificates from Notified Area Council / Municipality / Municipal Corporation extract about the date of birth from records of Village Panchayat, Military Hospital and service records of Defence personnel. (XEROX COPY)
3. Pass Port size colour photo -1
4. Proof of Residence (Xerox copy)
(Same address as mentioned in online application form)
- Documents: Latest Electricity bill/latest gas bill on the name of the parent of the child.
Quarter allotment letter (in case of Service employee) OR Rental agreement
5. Aadhar card (Xerox copy)
6. Blood group certificate (Xerox copy)
7. A service certificate (ORIGINAL) showing the number of transfers during the preceding 7 years duly signed and stamped by the head of office bearing the name, designation and other relevant particulars in block letters and last two months Salary slips (Xerox copies) and Xerox copy of the Identity card of the parent of the applicant. (If applicable)
8. A certificate that the child belongs to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/EWS/OBC (Non Creamy Layer)/BPL wherever applicable, issued by the Competent Authority in concerned State Government/Union Government (IF APPLICABLE)
9. A certificate from the civil surgeon/rehabilitation centre or any other competent authority defined by the Government of India O. M. No. 36035/5/88 / Estt. (sct) dated 4.5.1999 certifying the child is handicapped, (IF APPLICABLE)
10. A certificate of retirement for uniformed Defence employee. (IF APPLICABLE)
Note:
(i) Mere registration will not confer a right to admission.
(ii) Incomplete application forms shall normally be rejected
(iii) Admission secured on the basis of any wrong certificate shall be cancelled by the Principal
forthwith and no appeal against such action of the Principal shall be entertained.
(iv) For admission to class I, the registrations will be done through online mode.
METHOD OF ADMISSION IN CLASS-1
Out of the available seats of fresh admission 25% shall be reserved for Right To Education (Hereafter referred to as ‘RTE’), 15% shall be reserved for SC, 7.5% shall be reserved for ST and 27% seats shall be reserved for “OBC- Non Creamy Layer”. (Hereafter referred to as “OBC-NCL”)
After admission of students under RTE Act followed by Differently Abled (Hereafter referred to as ‘DA’), the children belonging to Cat-1 will be taken up. The students admitted under Cat-1 will also include SC/ST/OBC -NCL. Similarly, after admission of Cat-1, admission of Cat-2 will be taken up which will include SC/ST/OBC -NCL (up to Cat-3 in case of Project/ IHL School)
The shortfall in the number of candidates on seats reserved for SC, ST and OBC- NCL will be worked out after considering the number of SC/ST/OBC -NCL children admitted under RTE quota and Priority Cat-1 and Cat-2.
The reservation norms shall be applicable within approved class strength 40 students per section
- RTE 25%:10 seats
- SC 15%: 06 seats
- ST 7.5%: 03 seats
- OBC27%: 11 seats
(3% seats for the differently-abled applicant would be reserved horizontally)
After closing of process of registration, the sequence of conduct of lottery by each Kendriya Vidyalaya will be as under:
(a) RTE Lottery
(b) All DA Lotteries
(c) CAT I
(d) CAT II
(e) SC
(0 ST
(g) OBC
(h) CAT III
(i) CAT IV
(j) CATV
(k) CAT VI (If applicable)
(I) Single Girl Child (Hereafter referred to as ‘SGC’)
The following sequence is to be adopted for the fresh admissions to Class-I in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
(I) First Lot: 10 seats (out of 40 seats) in Class I per section are to be filled as per RTE Provisions (25% of seats) and these 10 seats will be filled by draw of lots from all applications of SC/ST/EWS/ BPL/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) /Differently abled taken together who are the resident of Neighbourhood.
(II) Second Lot: Lottery for Differently Abled candidates of SC/ST/OBC- NCL/Unreserved is to be conducted as per Priority Category.
(III) Third Lot: Remaining seats (after deducting RTE and Differently Abled applicants, if any) wall be filled as per the existing Priority Category of Cat-1 and Cat-2 (Cat-1 to Cat-3 in case of Project/ IHL KV) only up to the sanctioned strength or till all the registered candidates from Cat-i and Cat-2 (Cat-1 to Cat-3 in case of Project/IHL KV) is filled.
(IV) Fourth Lot: The total number of SC/ST/OBC -NCL will be counted from the admitted summary of RTE, DA, Cat-1 and Cat-2 (Cat-1 to Cat-3 in case of Project/IHL KV) admissions done till third phase. Thereafter, the shortfall-in the seats reserved for SC/ST/OBC -NCL, if any, shall be covered by admitting SC/ST/OBC -NCL applicants as per the order of priorities of admission, irrespective of sanctioned strength.
(V) Fifth Lot: After all these processes, if sanctioned strength is not filled and seats are vacant, applicants from Priority Cat-3 (Cat-4 in Project/IHL KV) onwards will be taken up for admission as per existing priority list for unreserved seats only. The unfilled leftover reserved seats of RTE/SC/ST/ OBC (NCL) should be kept vacant.
(VI) Filling of leftover vacant reserved seats, in case adequate number of candidates registered online are not available: For filling unfilled quota of reserved seats for RTE/SC/ST/ OBC, a separate advertisement is to be given, in the month of April, as per schedule of Admission by the concerned Kendriya Vidyalaya, for offline registration of the candidates belonging to that particular category only to fill the shortfall of reservation quota. The candidates thus registered offline may be admitted based on their Priority Category to fulfil the shortfall of reservation quota. Even after going through the above exercise, if these seats remain vacant, then the following procedure may be adopted:
(a) In no case the seats reserved as per RTE will be de-reserved,
Kendriya Vidyalaya Fee and Concessions 2023-24
FEE AND OTHER CONCESSIONS:
• No fee to be charged from the children admitted under the 25% quota prescribed under RTE Act 2009
• Expenses on account of NCERT text book, note books, stationary, uniform and transport will be reimbursed on production of proper bills in respect of 25% of the children admitted under the RTE Provisions subject to the ceiling prescribed and availability of funds.
• Once the children are admitted in Class I under RTE Act, they will continue to enjoy exemptions and concessions till class VIII either in the same KV or any other K.V. moving on transfer as per RTE Act.
• Address proof of the parent should be furnished at the time of the registration.
• The employees who have the facility of fee reimbursement in their departments cannot claim RTE concessions.
METHOD OF ADMISSION IN CLASS II TO VIII
Admission test shall not be conducted for admission to Class II to VII and the admission may be granted based on Priority Category system (1 to 5 or 6 as the case may be). If applications are more than the number of seats, lottery system will be followed in each category including single girl child quota (Class VI Onwards).
METHOD OF ADMISSION IN CLASS IX
For admission to Class IX, an admission test shall be conducted and a merit list will be prepared for each category of priority separately. Admission shall be granted in the sequence of priority categories, in the order of merit.
(i) Admission test shall be conducted in the subjects: Hindi, English, Maths, Social Science and Science.
(ii) There will be only one paper of Admission test of 3 Hours duration & 100 marks comprising Hindi, English, Maths, Social Science and Science each of 20 marks.
(iii) Candidates must secure 33% marks in aggregate to qualify. Students belonging to SC/ST/ Divyang category (PH) will be eligible for admission on securing 25% in aggregate.
METHOD OF ADMISSIONS IN CLASS XI KV Students:
Admission in different streams, Science, Commerce & Humanities be based on merit upto maximum 55 strength in case of KV students as per availability of streams in the Kendriya Vidyalaya. Choice of stream will be taken from students with parent consent before declaration of merit list. Stream will be allotted on the basis of marks obtained in Class X CBSE Board Examination. Once the seats exhausted in one stream students have to take admission in the other available stream in that Vidyalaya. Undertaking is to be obtained from students before finalization of merit list by KV.
Note: If seats remain vacant in class XI even after admitting the children of KV/ neighboring KVs then the admissions to non – KV children may be granted on the same criteria, in the sequence of categories of priority.