Kendriya Vidyalayas in Rural Areas
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1808
ANSWERED ON: 02.03.2020
Kendriya Vidyalayas in Rural Areas
Girish Bhalchandra Bapat Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government intends to provide education to the rural children in Kendriya Vidyalayas;
(b) if so, by when Kendriya Vidyalayas are likely to be opened in all the Development Blocks of the country; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a) to (c) Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) 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 the prescribed proformae from Ministries/ Departments of Government of India / State Governments / Union Territory Administrations committing thereby availability of requisite resources for setting up a
new KV as well as on availability of necessary sanction of the Government. The proposals received from various sponsoring authorities for opening of new KVs also have to compete among other proposals under the “Challenge Method”.
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