Centre scraps MP quota for admissions to KV colleges

By ANI

NEW DELHI: The Education Ministry has scrapped quotas in a number of classes together with that of Member of Parliament (MP) and District Magistrate (DM) for admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas, in accordance with the most recent round issued by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS).

Earlier, the KVS had placed on maintain all discretionary quotas, together with the MP quota, for admissions to KV colleges throughout the nation, following a evaluate.

“In a revolutionary step to streamline admissions in Kendriya Vidyalas and improve the quality of education, it has been decided to discontinue several discretionary quotas which were beyond the approved students’ strength,” authorities sources instructed ANI.

Recently, a evaluate of KVS functioning was carried out by the Education Minister and Chairman KVS Dharmendra Pradhan during which it was noticed that these quotas crowd the school rooms, adversely affecting the Pupil-Teacher ratio and the standard of teaching-learning, sources mentioned.

The authorities official additional knowledgeable that the discretionary quotas had additionally distorted the general share of SC/ST/OBC reservations within the colleges.

“Keeping all these factors in mind, the decision has been taken to discontinue discretionary quotas of the Ministry of Education, Sponsoring Agency, MPs, etc. There was a long practice of recommending students by the Minister of Education, but the same has been discontinued,” the sources said.

According to the official, it shall be famous that even in 2021-22, the training minister didn’t advocate a single admission beneath his quota and the availability of recommending as much as ten circumstances by every MP can be discontinued.

Moreover, there have been provisions of hundreds of admissions beneath quotas of sponsoring companies and Chairpersons Vidyala Management Committees, that’s, District Collectors, which have now additionally been discontinued, sources mentioned including that it’ll unencumber about 40,000 seats in KVs throughout the nation.

Meanwhile, a KV official additionally knowledgeable that the availability of admission beneath quota will nonetheless proceed for some classes together with single lady kids, orphaned youngsters, and so on.

“The provision of admissions will continue for a single girl child and those orphaned due to COVID under PM CARES Children scheme. A small number of discretionary quotas for wards of Kashmiri migrants, paramilitary forces, intelligence agencies, etc. still continue. Moreover, children of serving employees of KVs, meritorious children in fine arts, sports, recipients of bravery awards, etc. shall also continue to be provided admission under discretionary quota. Even these quotas will be implemented at the local level only, after careful examinations of relevant documents by school principals,” the KV official instructed ANI.

The KV official additionally mentioned these steps will be sure that KVs turn out to be the best colleges, which is able to impart high quality training as per the mandate of the National Education Policy 2020. (ANI)