MHRD to implement 27 percent OBC quota in KVs, JNVs : Reports

NEW DELHI: Students of Other Backward Class (OBC) category could get 27 percent reservation in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas from 2020-21.

National dailies quoted officials saying that the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has instructed the commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to implement the 27 percent OBC quota in school admissions from 2020-21.

“Now that the HRD has instructed the KVS, the new admission policy would be formed and our headquarters would notify the same to all the 25 regions of the KV’s and then the admission process for the class 1 for the next academic session would start,” V Shivaji, assistant commissioner, KV (Varanasi region) told the Times of India.

As on date, there is no OBC reservation for admissions in Class 1 to 12 in KVs and JNVs.

The decision on a 27 percent quota for OBCs follows the recommendations of the parliamentary committee for the welfare of OBCs in December last year. This was later approved by the MHRD.

The Hindustan Times quoted an unnamed official as saying: “This is the first time reservations for OBC students are being provided in the school education sector.”

How it will affect admissions

As per the current policy, the KVs offer 25 percent reservation quota under RTE (Right to Education Act), 15 percent for Scheduled Caste (SC) and 7.5 percent for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students.

There is also a 3 percent horizontal reservation for differently-abled (PwD) students. Apart from these, five seats are to be filled on the recommendation of the defence ministry, railways, public sector companies etc.

On an average, the KV admits 40 students in each section of a class.

The Times of India reported that the letter dated March 30 stated that there will be 10 seats for RTE, six for SC, three for ST and 11 for OBC category students.

The KV’s were expected to release the notification for admission to Class 1 in February.

Admissions for all classes, except Class 11 were to be completed by April before the new academic session starts in April. However, the COVID-19 lockdown has thrown the admission cycle out of gear.

“The admissions would be completed only after the situation gets normalized”, Vijejesh Pandey, principal of KV IIIT-A Jhalwa, told the Times of India.

The 1200 Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country mostly cater to children of transferable central government employees.

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