GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3499
ANSWERED ON-26.04.2013
Guidelines for opening Kendriya Vidyalaya in hilly areas
3499 . SHRI P. BHATTACHARYA
(a) the guidelines fixed for opening of Kendriya Vidyalaya in the country specially in hilly and rural areas;
(b) whether Government would open a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Rohru under Shimla District of Himachal Pradesh since this place is centre of four tehsils, a hilly area and also the present Kendriya Vidyalaya in Shimla is not suitable for people of that area due to long distance;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) whether Government would open Kendriya Vidyalaya in the interest of people as a special case?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SHASHI THAROOR)
(a) The guidelines fixed for opening of the Kendriya Vidyalaya are given at Annexure-I & II.
(b) to (d) The Kendriya Vidyalayas are opened primarily to cater to the educational needs of the wards of transferable Central Government Employees including Defence personnel on receipt of the proposal in prescribed proformae from the various Ministries of Government of India and State Governments / Union Territories thereby committing the availability of requisite resources for setting up a new KV as well as necessary approval of competent authority. No proposal for opening of a new Kendriya Vidyalaya at Rohru, Distt. Shimla of Himachal Pradesh has been received in the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan from the State Govt. so far.
(e) At present, there is no such proposal under consideration.
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ANNEXURE-I
NORMS FOR OPENING OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS
Proposal for opening of new Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School) is considered only if sponsored by one of the following:-
(i). (a) Ministries or Departments of the Govt. of India.
(b) State Governments.
(c) Union Territories Administrations.
(d) Organization of employees belonging to the eligible categories.
(ii). Free of cost land defined as under:
| Sl. No. |
Location |
Requirement of land (Acres) |
| I |
Metropolitan city |
04
|
| II |
Hilly Areas |
08
|
| III |
Urban Area |
08
|
| IV |
Semi-Urban/Rural Areas |
10
|
The Sponsoring Authority will be liable to identify and demarcate adequate and suitable land as per aforesaid norms, free of cost for its transfer in favour of KVS. The identified and demarcated land should be transferred to KVS on lease or permanent transfer prior to opening of new Kendriya Vidyalaya.
(iii). (a) When there is a concentration of at least 500 employees of the Defence services or of Central Govt. or of the Govt. of India Undertaking individually or jointly. (250 in the case of Special Focus Districts)
(b) When there is minimum potential enrolment of children of specified categories for opening a Kendriya Vidyalaya belonging to categories I to IV which may be 200 or an average of 30 per class whichever is more.
(iv). When the sponsoring authority makes available, free of rent or on nominal rent, temporary accommodation to house the expanding Vidyalaya till the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan does construct its own Vidyalaya building on the land leased to it; and
(v). Provision of the residential accommodation to at least 50% of the staff should be made available by the sponsoring authority. The number of such residential units needs to be earmarked before the school is opened.
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ANNEXURE-II
NORMS FOR OPENING NEW KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN THE CAMPUSES OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKING / INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
Proposals are very often received from the Public Sector Undertakings for opening Kendriya Vidyalaya in their campuses. These proposals can be considered if, the following pre-requisites are satisfied and the concerned department agrees to abide by the standard terms and conditions given below:
The Kendriya Vidyalayas are meant to serve the educational needs of the children of transferable employees so that their education may not be disrupted owing to a change in their medium of instruction, consequent upon their parents’ transfer from one linguistic region to another. Accordingly the transferability condition is central to the opening a Kendriya Vidyalaya. Keeping in this in view, the pre-requisites which should be satisfied for opening a Kendriya Vidyalaya in the campus of Public Sector Undertaking l Institute of Higher Learning are given below: –
1. The Public Sector Undertaking should have branches/offices in the different linguistic regions.
2. The employees of the Department should be (de-facto) transferable from one branch office to another and to Headquarters.
3. When there is a concentration of at least 500 employees of the Govt. or India Undertaking, and when there are at least 200 children (500 children in the case or big cities) willing to be enrolled in different classes of the proposed Kendriya Vidyalaya to begin with.
4. No alternative educational facilities should be available at the station.
5. The Public Sector Undertaking/Institutions of Higher Learning shall bear all the recurring and non-recurring expenditure on the proposed Kendriya Vidyalaya.
6. The Department shall provide, free of cost, suitable land and building for housing the Vidyalaya.
7. The Department shall provide, free of cost, land and building for the future development of the Vidyalaya.
8. The Department shall provide all equipment, free of cost to the Vidyalaya.
9. The Department shall provide suitable residential accommodation to the teaching and other supporting staff on the same basis and at the same rates as prescribed by it for its own employees.
10. The proposed Kendriya Vidyalaya shall be administered and governed In accordance with the rules of the Sangathan, as amended from time to time.
11. The Sangathan shall not admit any liability towards the staff and students of any existing school running inside the campus of the Department.
12. The children of the employees of the Department will get first priority in matters of admission. However, the children belonging to the eligible categories will be considered against seats available after accommodating the children of the employees of the Department.
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