SALIENT FEATURES OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, ASANSOL

The Kendriya Vidyalayas are run by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous body formed by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi, as a result of the recommendations of Second Pay Commission. They primarily cater to the educational need of the children of Central Govt. Employees including Defence Personnel and floating population liable to frequent transfers throughout the country. Needless to say, therefore, they have the common syllabus and affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New delhi.

Every school, hence is a 'Miniature India' in itself and trie to inculcate in its students feeling of patriotism, brotherhood, national integration.

Places chosen for establishing Kendriya Vidyalayas are those having concentration of Defence Personnel and other transferable Central Govt. Employees. For admission the Vidyalayas give priority to the children of transferable Defence Personnel, Central Govt. Employees and personnel of All India Service, but other floating population desirous of having such common pattern of education are also eligible for admission to the remaining seats. The instruction is imparted through the media of Hindi and English in these Vidyalayas, the ultimate object being to enable pupils to achieve a reasonable measure of proficiency in both the languages. The Vidyalayas prepare pupils for All India Secondary School Examination and Senior School Certificate Examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.

The Vidyalayas are being developed as Quality Vidyalayas with some of the useful features of popular residential Vidyalaya; without making the schooling very expensive. The quality of teaching is kept reasoably high by appropriate teacher-pupil ratio and provision of a suitable proportion of teachers with high qualifications.

The Kendriya Vidyalayas aim at having not only the common syllabus but also a well prepared syllabus and good text books based on the syllabus. They are intended to be equipped with good libraries, good laboratories and variety of other useful cocurricular activities.

The Vidyalayas provide for the studies of Humanities and Sciences and many of them are multi-purpose in character providing for diversified courses in Commerce, Home Science and Technology.