Kendriya Vidyalayas

Education spending has risen to 4.6% from 3.8% in 2014, Centre is targeting 6%, says Prakash Javadekar

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said government expenditure on education has gone up from 3.8 percent of the GDP in 2014 to 4.6 percent during the NDA rule.

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In his zest or nervousness, Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, it appears has shifted his loyalty to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee

CBSE Class 12 results declared: Kejriwal, Sisodia hail good performance by govt schools

Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia hailed government schools in Delhi for outperforming private ones in CBSE Class 12 results for the second year in a row

Battle over Hindi: Mamata renames Centre's welfare schemes, govt denies imposing language

The Centre's recent decision to make Hindi compulsory up to Class 10 in CBSE schools and in state-run Kendriya Vidyalayas combined with President Pranab Mukherjee accepting the recommendation of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language (CPOL) that all dignitaries including the president and ministers, especially those who can read and speak Hindi, may be requested to give their speech/statement in Hindi only, seems to have caused a stir in the North East.

Kendriya Vidyalayas directed to hoist the national flag daily to instill a "sense of unity and integrity" among students

Days after Vice Chancellors of central universities resolved to hoist the national flag prominently on their campuses, the government-run Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has directed all its schools to fly the tricolour on their buildings daily.

Higher education is not role-play: Why Smriti Irani might impress Rishi Kapoor and not Yechury or Mayawati

Being “upad” and possessing a flair for drama may not be wrong qualifications for a politician; but Smriti Irani, BJP’s star attraction in the Rajya Sabha over the last two days, has proved that both don’t befit a minister handling India’s higher education.

After Modi-Merkel meet, German will be taught in Kendriya Vidyalayas as additional foreign language

German will be taught in Kendriya Vidyalayas as an additional foreign language while modern Indian languages will be taught in Germany, according to an understanding reached between the two countries today to put a lid on a controversy that had erupted about a year back.

Yoga won't be compulsory in Kendriya Vidyalayas, says Smriti Irani

HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said that yoga will not be treated as a mandatory subject for students in Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

Students can opt for either German or Sanskrit as third language: Centre tells SC

Centre told SC that the switch from German to Sanskrit in Kendriya Vidyalayas will be effected but there will be no Sanskrit exams in the current year.

Smriti says Sanskrit will be optional, but KV schools have nothing else to offer

HRD minister Smriti Irani has denied all allegations that education was being saffronised after her recent decision to remove German and replace it with Sanskrit.