Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 6 (ANI): Seventeen students from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kakinada, were admitted to a hospital following breathing-related complaints.

Kathmandu [Nepal], May 9 (ANI): Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), Embassy of India in Kathmandu together with Kendriya Vidyalaya, on Monday, celebrated the 161st birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore as part of ongoing celebrations of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', Indian Mission in Kathmandu said in a statement.

Ahmedabad, April 27: In a shocking incident, a school student of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Vastrapur was allegedly forced to drink urine by a few students of Class 9. Police officials said that the incident took place on Saturday evening during a farewell party of the Class 12 students. Gujarat Shocker: Class 9 Student of Kendriya Vidyalaya […]

New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Welcoming the step to scrap the discretionary quota of MPs for admission to Kendriya Vidyalayas, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sushil Modi on Wednesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra for the "bold decision".

Ahmedabad Apr 26 PTI A Class 9 student of a Kendriya Vidyalaya here and his friends were ragged by some seniors who tried to force them to drink urine his mother has allegedThe schools principal told reporters on Tuesday that an internal inquiry was conducted but no substance was found in the claimsIn her complaint to the police the woman said some students from Class 12 took her son and a few others to the toilet during school hours on April 20 and tried to make them drink urineThe complaint was submitted to Vastrapur police station on April 22 Inspector Sandip Khambhala said police were conducting preliminary probe No First Information Report FIR has been registered yetSchool principal Jamie James said two inquiries were conducted in the matter but nothing serious was foundWe started an inquiry on Thursday itself soon after the incident happened The inquiry was completed and there was nothing in it she said PTI KA KRK KRK KRK

New Delhi Apr 26 PTI The Centre has scrapped the discretionary Member of Parliament quota for admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas according to the revised admission guidelines issued by the Kendriya Vidyalaya SangathanThe move comes weeks after the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan KVS put on hold all discretionary quotas including the MP quota for admissions to various central schools across the country following a reviewThe government has also decided that children orphaned due to COVID-19 will be considered for admission over and above the class strength in Kendriya Vidyalayas KVs under PM CARES for Children SchemeThe admission will be done on the basis of a list given by the district magistrate subject to 10 children per Kendriya Vidyalaya The admissions for the 2022-23 academic session is underway till JuneUnder special provisions MPs had discretionary power to recommend the admission of 10 children to a Kendriya Vidyalaya Even a district magistrate had powers to recommend 17 students under the sponsoring authority quota in KVsOther than the MP quota the KVS has also removed other quotas including that of 100 children of education ministry employees children and dependent grandchildren of MPs and retired KV employees and the discretionary quota of school management committee chairmanThe special provisions that have been retained include admissions for children of recipients of Param Vir Chakra Maha Vir Chakra Vir Chakra Ashok Chakra Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra recipients of the national bravery award 15 children of Research and Analysis Wing RAW employees children of central government employees who died in harness and children who have shown special talent in fine artsThe central government had last year scrapped the Union education ministers discretionary quota for admissions from the 2021-22 academic sessionRecommendations made by Union ministers for admission to KVs were also done away with However it was decided that the MPs of both houses will continue to recommend admissions into KVs in each academic session The MPs 543 in Lok Sabha and 245 in Rajya Sabha could collectively recommend up to 7880 admissions a year under the quotaThere are over 1200 KVs in the country with over 1435 lakh studentsAccording to the fresh guidelines 60 admissions in KVs located anywhere in the country can be utilised exclusively for children returning from abroad along with their parents after their posting in current or previous years and they would be considered for admission up to November 30All these admissions will be subject to the condition that not more than five children would be admitted in one school in a year and that the children would be submitting a transfer certificate of a school abroad in which they had been studying prior to seeking admission in a Kendriya Vidyalaya thit was stated in the guidelines PTI GJS GJS ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday appealed to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to abolish the quota of Members of Parliament and District Magistrates in Kendriya Vidyalaya admissions rather than putting it on hold.

New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions challenging the six-plus years age criteria for admission to class 1 in various schools under the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) for the year 2022-23.

New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice in Social Jurist's Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the central Government and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to create an adequate number of regular posts of Special Educators, frame recruitment rules and recruit at least two, special educators, in each of Kendriya Vidyalaya for the education of children with disabilities.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 1 (ANI): The Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati on Friday organized a physical as well as an online screening of "Pariksha Pe Charcha 2022" addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.