Kendriya Vidyalaya SRO Guwahati

A premier organization in India administering 1087 schools as on 01.11.2011 known as ''Kendriya Vidyalayas'' with 10,58,450 students as on 31.03.2011 and 49,286 employees (including outsoursed) on rolls as on 01.07.2011.

The idea of encouraging the growth of Secondary Schools with a common syllabus and medium of instruction for the benefit of the children of Central Government employees, including defence personnel liable to frequent transfers was first approved in November, 1962, by the Government of India. Consequently, Central Schools Organisation was started as a unit of the Ministry of Education, now Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Govt. of India, so that the education of their children was not disrupted due to their frequent and sudden transfers in public interest. Initially, 20 Regimental Schools, then functioning at places having large concentration of defence personnel, were taken over as Central Schools during the academic year 1965.

Since inception in 1965, the Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools) have come to be known as centres of excellence in the field of secondary and senior secondary education promoting national integration and a sense of ''Indianness'' among the children while ensuring their total personality development and academic excellence.....

In 1965, an autonomous body, namely, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan was registered as a Society under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 which took over the task of opening and managing the Central Schools, henceforth called Kendriya Vidyalayas.

Over the years, the number of Kendriya Vidyalayas are growing in numbers nearing the 1100 mark. The Kendriya Vidyalayas have a four-fold mission, namely, to cater to the educational needs of children of transferable Central Government employees including Defence and Para-military personnel by providing a common programme of education; to pursue excellence and set the pace in the field of school education;to initiate and promote experimentation and innovations in education in collaboration with other bodies like the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) etc. and to develop the spirit of national integration and create a sense of 'Indianness' among children.

In pursuance of the above objectives, the Kendriya Vidyalayas have been set up with the following features:


1.	Kendriya Vidyalayas primarily cater to the educational needs of the wards of transferable Central Govt. employees.
2.	All Kendriya Vidyalayas are co-educational.
3.	Common Text books, common curriculum and bi-lingual medium of instruction, i.e. English and Hindi are followed.
4.	All Kendriya Vidyalayas are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. Some Kendriya Vidyalayas in States of Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu are also affiliated with State Education Boards at the +2 level.
5.	Teaching of three languages - English, Hindi & Sanskrit from Class VI to VIII is compulsory. In Class IX and X, any two languages out of English, Hindi and Sanskrit can be offered. Sanskrit can also be taken as an elective subject at +2 stage.
6.	No tuition fee is charged from students up to Class VIII, the wards of staff of KVS, SC/ST students, children of Officers and men of the Armed Forces killed or disabled during the wars of 1962, 1965 and 1971 against China and Pakistan and girl students up to Class XII.

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