The Kendirya Vidyalaya Sangathan is registered as a society under the Societies
Registration Act (XXI of 1860). The primary aim of the Sangathan is to provide,establish,endow,maintain
control and manage the Central Schools (Kendriya Vidyalayas) located all over India
and abroad. The Sangathan has three tier management structure with its (I) Headquarters
(II) Regional Offices managing a cluster about 45-50 schools and (III) Kendriya
Vidyalayas spread all over the country and abroad each having their Vidyalaya Manangement
Committees.
GENERAL BODY OF SANGATHAN
The genearl body of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is the apex body. The Minister
of Human Resource Development, in-charge of the Kendriya Vidyalayas scheme, is the
Chairman of the Sangathan. The Minister of state in the Ministry of Human Resource
Development is the Deputy Chairman and an Officer of the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, specified by the Government of India for this purpose, is the Vice
Chairman of the Sangathan. Other members are appointed by the Government of India
from amongst senior officers of the Ministries of Finance, Defence,Works and Housing,
Health and department of Personnel and Trainning as well as distinguished educationists
including representatives of the Central Board of Secondary Education. National
Council of Educational Research and Training and State Governments besides Members
of Parliament, Women representatives and Members of Schedule Castes and Schedule
Tribes.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Finance Committee, Works Committee and Academic Advisory Committee are the Standing
Committees of the Board of Governors of the Sangathan. The functions and powers
of these Committees in brief, are as under:
ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
To advice about the academic and co-curricular programmes of Kendriya Vidyalayas
- to help prepare guidelines for implementation of these programmes - to help Kendriya
Vidyalayas realise, among others, the objectives of the Sangathan, viz., to develop
the Vidyalayas as "School of Excellence" in the context of the National
goals of education - to promote national integration and to review publication programmes
and suggest improvements.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
To scrutinize the accounts and budget estimates of the Sangathan - to consider and
make recommendations to the Board for new expenditure on account of major work -
to scrutinize re- appropriation statement and audit notes and to review the finances
of the Sangathan besides getting concurrent audit conducted.
WORKS COMMITTEE
To recommend the work policy of the Sangathan - to consider and approve the work
programme- to prescribe norms for issue of administrative approval and expenditure
sanction - to review the progress of construction work to advice the Board on policy
matters relating to works programme.