Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools Age Criteria for All Classes

Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools, popularly known as KVs are gaining popularity in the recent days. Corporatisation of the primary and high school education has made the school education costly affair and people are slowly turning towards alternatives for quality affordable education. Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools (KVS) are highly affordable and co-curricular oriented schools in India. Moreover, they are managed by Central Government of India. Hundreds of KV schools are available across the country. They are unique in admissions and other activities. These schools follow CBSE syllabus and books are published by NCERT.

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Age Requirements:

KV Schools offer classes 1 to 12. The schools across the country follow uniform syllabus and teaching and examination pattern. Hindi and English are the medium of instruction in KV Schools. These schools give importance to sports and other co-curricular activities along with academic.

Age criteria of KVs is same for all Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools. According to the KVS guidelines, a child must be 5 years old as on 31st March in the academic year in which admission is sought for Class I. It should be noted that a child born on 1st April also be considered for admission.

Following is the table which helps you to know the minimum and maximum age limits for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas in various classes:

Best KV Schools:

Following are details of KV Schools in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Uttar Pradesh. All the cities have KV schools. Usually all the schools are not that good. Some have edge over others depending upon the principal and teaching staff.

Best KV Schools in Hyderabad

KV Schools in Bangalore

Kendriya Vidyalayas in Uttar Pradesh

Admission Procedure:

KV Schools follow unique and uniform admission procedure across the country. Online applications have to be submitted as per the schedule for Class 1 admissions. Priorities in admissions will be decided by KVS (Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan), New Delhi. You can get all the details of admission procedure from the following link.

KV Schools Admission Procedure

Single Girl Child Admissions:

Kendriya Vidyalayas give priority for single girl children in admissions process. The parents need to provide certificate from registered medical practitioner at the time of application submission / admission. KVS follow this to encourage small family norm. See more details here:

KV Single Girl Child Admission Guidelines

KV Admissions:

KVS has announced admission notification for the academic year 2019-20. The admissions are open for class 1 in all KVS schools across the country. Admissions into higher classes are also open but the registration dates are different. You can check the details of KV admissions and online registrations from the following post:

Read: KV Schools Admissions Notification – Online Registration