Reservation for the OBC students approved in Navodaya Vidyalaya and Kendriya Vidyalaya

HRD ministry has decided to extend the benefits of the reservation to the students of the Other Backward Community. Yesterday, HRD Ministry approved the decision to extend reservation to the OBC students in all the centrally funded schools (Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) and Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs))across India.

"In view of the comments of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the specific views of Ministry of Law and Justice regarding the applicability of provisions of CEI Act, 2006 to KVs and JNVs in so far as it relates to grant of reservation to OBC students for admission in these Vidyalayas, the ministry has approved the extension of the benefits of reservation to OBC students for admissions in JNVs and KVs," Asian News International quoted HRD Ministry sources as saying.

The admission guidelines may be modified accordingly by the KVS and NVS for information of all concerned, as per the HRD, the news agency further reported.