About
The Kendriya Vidyalayas were established in 1963 with the sole purpose of offering quality education to the children of transferable central government employees, including those in the defence and paramilitary services. The chain began with about 20 schools over five decades ago. Now, there are KVs in Kathmandu, Moscow and even Tehran.
The schools are run by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Human Resource Development and are considered some of the best public schools in the country. Around 95% examinees from these schools passed the Class 10 and 12 board exams for the past five years – a significantly better pass-percentage than the average of 82% for all schools affiliated to the board in the same period.
Benefits of studying from a Kendriya Vidyalaya
Recognition: KVs are there all across the country and everybody knows the level of education in those institutions is quite good. So when you say you are from KV that does give a good impression.
Sports: KVs give special focus on sports. I have come across so many people from KVs in my life so far and almost all of them play some sport and are actually good at it.
Funding: All Kendriya Vidyalayas operate under the aegis of the Ministry of HRD, GOI. So funding is not a problem.
Facilities: With central funding KVs provide all sorts of facilities to their students in for much less fees as compared to private schools with similar resources.
Fees: Fees of KVs is already less than private schools. Only boys from class IX onwards are charged tuition fees.Children of KV employees and SC/ST students are exempt from tuition fees.
Quality: Becoming a teacher in a KV is not a cakewalk. You have to be really really good to be a teacher in KV. So one can only imagine how educated,qualified,competent, intelligent and knowledgeable the teachers are in KVs.
Defense Forces Personnel: One of the primary objectives of KVs is to serve the educational needs of the wards of defense forces. Syllabus in all the KVs is same. So if a soldier gets posted from one place to another his children can easily switch from KV to KV without much disturbance in their syllabus and studies