The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is
an autonomous body registered, under
the societies Registration Act XXI
of 1860, on 15 Dec 1965 set up by
the Ministry of Education Govt. of
India to administer and manage
Kendriya Vidyalayas. The KVS is
governed by the Board of Governors
headed by the Chairman of the KVS.
Since its inception in 1965 the
Kendriya Vidyalayas under the
Sangathan(KVS) has come to be
recognized as centers of excellence
in the field of secondary and senior
secondary
education in the country, promoting
National Integration and a sense of
‘Indianness’ among children while
ensuring their wholesome personality
development and academic excellence.
Today this premier educational
organization in India runs over 981
schools with over one million
students.
OBJECTIVES
· To
cater to the educational needs of
the children of transferable central
govt. employees including defence
and Para military personnel by
providing a common programme of
education.
·
To pursue excellence
and set pace in the field of school
education.
· To
initiate and promote experimentation
and innovativeness in education in
collaboration with other bodies like
CBSE, NCERT etc.
· To
develop the spirit of National
Integration and to create a sense of
‘Indianness’ among children.
SALIENT FEATURES OF KVS
· Common
text books and bilingual medium of
instruction for all KVs.
· All
KVs affiliated to CBSE.
· All
KVs are co-educational, composite
schools.
· Sanskrit
is taught from class VI to X.
· The
quality of teaching is kept
reasonably high by an appropriate
teacher pupil ratio.