Kendriya Vidyalaya
HS 18, Sector Phi 3 Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, Greater, Patwari, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201313, India
https://greaternoida.kvs.ac.in/
Kendriya Vidyalaya is a nationwide system of central-government schools in India that was founded in 1963 under the aegis of the Ministry of Education. Recognised by the acronym “KV”, the chain’s primary objective is to provide uninterrupted, high-quality education to the children of transferable central-government employees—especially those in defence, paramilitary and other vital services—while also admitting, within available seats, children from the neighbourhood. Today, the family numbers 1,245 functional Vidyalayas in India and three abroad, serving more than 1.5 million students from Class I to XII, making it one of the world’s largest school networks. Every institution follows common syllabi, calendars and evaluation patterns so that a child can move seamlessly from Siachen to Port Blair without academic disruption.
Governance is vested in the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), an autonomous body headquartered at Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi. The Commissioner of KVS, an IAS officer appointed by the Government of India, coordinates 25 Regional Offices that supervise clusters of 30-55 schools each. At local level, each campus is run by a Principal assisted by two Vice-Principals and an elected Vidyalaya Management Committee (VMC) chaired by a senior officer of the sponsoring department—railways, army, or public-sector unit—which underwrites a share of the capital expenses.
Academically, KVS is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and offers three streams—Science, Commerce and Humanities—at Senior Secondary level. Curricular emphasis is placed on continuous and comprehensive evaluation; three periodic tests and two terminal examinations culminate in nationwide AISSE (Class X) and AISSCE (Class XII). The median Class XII pass percentage hovers around 99 % with over 30 % of students scoring above 90 % in subjects like Mathematics, Physics and Economics. In 2023, four KV students figured among the NEET-UG top 50 and two earned top-10 JEE-Advanced ranks, testimony to the system’s rigorous foundation.
Infrastructure, although variable, is monitored by a central template: every Vidyalaya must possess a minimum of 22 classrooms, physics-chemistry-biology laboratories, a mathematics lab, two ICT rooms with 40 computers on LAN, an audio-visual theatre, and library holding over 7,000 books. Sports facilities span a 200-metre athletics track, volleyball and basketball courts, Kho-Kho and Kabaddi fields, and a yoga-cum-gymnasium hall. Schools built after 2015 additionally converge with the Fit-India and Atmanirbhar Skilling mission, providing tinkering labs (ATLs), robotics corners and green clubs.
Co-curricular life is rich. Each year the KVS organises National Sports Meet in Delhi, Science Congress regionals, Social-Science Exhibition, Youth Parliament, and Sanskrit competitions such as “Chitra-Bhasha Histrionics.” Over 3,000 students annually earn Gold in CBSE Cluster Games and 150 qualify for National or SGFI teams in badminton, archery or chess. Scouts & Guides and NCC have been mandatory activities since 1968, awarding more than 50 Rashtrapati Scout/Guide badges each year.
Admission in classes I-VIII is through an online lottery run each April against 25 % EWS quota, 15 % SC, 7.5 % ST and 3 % differently-abled reservations. Fees remain modest: ₹1,200 monthly tuition for boys in classes IX-XII, waivers for girls and SC/ST, and a one-time ₹25 Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi subscription. An optional monthly computer fee of ₹150 funds IT infrastructure. In essence, Kendriya Vidyalaya is both an egalitarian experiment and a lighthouse of uniform academic excellence, enabling millions of shifting families to dream of a stable schooling horizon.
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- Published: August 15, 2025
