KVS Admission Schedule 2025-26 PDF Download: Important Dates for Class-1 and Balvatika Classes
KVS Admission Schedule 2025-26 PDF: The registration process for admission to Class I at Kendriya Vidyalaya for the Academic Session 2025-26 will commence on March 7, 2025, at 10:00 AM via the Online Portal, consistent with previous years. The registration period will close on March 21, 2025, at 10:00 PM. For admissions to Class 2 and beyond, registration will be conducted offline, contingent upon the availability of vacancies, in accordance with the Admission Schedule for 2025-26. Therefore, the following points should be noted to ensure a smooth and efficient admission process.
KVS Admission Schedule 2025-26 PDF Download
The Admission Schedule for the Session 2025-26 will be as under:
| S.no | Contents | Scheduled Dates |
| 1 | Advertisement for admission | 1st week of March 2025 (Latest by 06.03.2025) |
| 2 | Online Registration for Balvatika-1 & 3 and Class-I (Balvatika-1 & 3 in selected KVs only) | 07.03.2025 10:00 AM onwards |
| 3 | Last date of Online Registration for Balvatika-1 & 3 and Class-I | 21.03.2025 Up to 10:00 PM |
| 4 | (a) Declaration of provisional lists of selected and waitlisted registered candidates. (b) Admission of eligible & selected candidates as per the above list in following order: (i) RTE (ii) From Service Priority Category (I and II) only (iii) Shortfall of Reservation Quota after admission in (i) and (ii) above | 1st Provisional List on 25.03.2025 (for Class 1) & 26.03.2025 (for Balvatika) 2nd Provisional List on 02.04.2025 (if seats remain vacant) 3rd Provisional List on 07.04.2025 (if seats remain vacant) |
| 5 | Extended date for the Second Notification for offline registrations for admission to be made under RTE Provisions, SC, ST and OBC (NCL), if sufficient applications were not received in online mode for Balvatika-1 & 3 and Class-I. | Notification on 07.04.2025 Registration from 08.04.2025 to 14.04.2025 Display of list and Admissions 23.04.2025 to 28.04.2025 |
| 6 | Registration (in offline mode) for Balvatika-2 and Class-II onwards (except Class XI) – Subject to the availability of vacancies in a particular class. (Balvatika-2 in selected KVs only) | 02.04.2025 to 11.04.2025 |
| 7 | Declaration of the first provisional list for admission in Balvatika-2 and Class-II onwards. | 17.04.2025 |
| 8 | Admission for Balvatika-2 and Class-II onwards. | 18.04.2025 to 21.04.2025 |
| 9 | Last date of admission for all classes except class XI | 30.06.2025 |
| 10 | Last date of admission for all classes, if seats remain vacant, after 30th June, with special power of Deputy Commissioner to allow admissions up to the prescribed strength i.e. 40 as per priorities in admissions. | 31.07.2025 |
| 11 | For KV students: Registration for admission in class XI | Within 10 days after the declaration of class X result |
| 12 | KV students: Display of admission list & admissions for Class-XI. | Within 20 days after declaration of class X results |
| 13 | Non-KV students: Registration, display of admission list & admissions in class XI (Subject to availability of vacancies) | After the admissions of KV students in class XI |
| Last date of admission for class – XI | 30 days from the date of declaration of class-X results by CBSE |
Note:
- List of children registered, list of eligible children, category-wise list of provisionally selected children, waiting list and subsequent lists to be compulsorily displayed on the website/social media handles like Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) of the Vidyalayas concerned, in addition to display on School’s Notice Board.
- If any of the dates happens to be a public holiday the next working day shall be treated as opening/closing dates.
KVS Admission Guidelines & Schedule 2025-26
KVS Admission Guidelines and Admision Schedule 2025-26 are being sent with this covering letter. The class strength for all Classes from Balvatika to 12 shall be 40 per Section.
Advertisement by Regional Office: The draft advertisement in Hindi & English, to be given by Regional Office in Newspapers and Website for wide publicity is enclosed. It should be published in Newspapers (including newspaper in local language) immediately on priority.
Admission to Newly opened KVs: All newly opened Kendriya Vidyalayas till February 2025, will conduct Class I admissions in online mode through OLA Portal and for other classes in offline mode only. The schedule for admission to Class II onwards (offline) as mentioned in Admission Schedule 2025-26 will not be binding for them as full strength 40 is to be admitted.
Admission to Class II onwards: The vacancies, if any, from Class II onwards is to be placed on the Vidyalaya Websites, social media handles i.e. Facebook, X (formerly twitter) & Notice Board by the Principal of the concerned Kendriya Vidyalayas, prior to the commencement of registration, for the information of all stakeholders. Deputy Commissioner of the Region is to personally ensure the display of the same.
Verification of documents at the time of Admission: Principals of Kendriya Vidyalayas under the region be directed to thoroughly scrutinise the documents (Certificate of Date of Birth as proof of age, Service Certificate of the parent to determine priority category, Address Proof, Certificate of Disability in case of CwSN and Caste Certificate, etc., if applicable) carefully at Vidyalaya level.
On account of submission of fake documents and entry age, this office was compelled to cancel admission of some students in KVs and take administrative action against the defaulting Principals. Hence, the admission committee and Prinicpal of all the KVs may be directed to throughly verify the documents before granting admission to the children. Lapses, if found at later stage, could lead to complication, and hence would attract serious view.
KVs with Balvatika Classes: KVs where Balvatika classes have started
In KVs where Balvatika- 1, 2 & 3 are running, admissions will be done through online mode in Balvatika-1. Similarly, in KVs where Balvatika-3 is running, admissions will also be conducted through on.line mode in Balvatika-3.
Balvatika-3 students to be automatically promoted to Class-I. In such KVs, one section of Class 1 shall be reduced from the online admission process. If vacancies arise in the section with students promoted from Balvatika-3, candidates from the appropriate waitlists, based on the online draw of lots conducted for the remaining sections, shall be granted admission as per the priority category.
In KVs with only one section, online applications for admission to Class I will not be invited. In case of vacancies, admissions will be conducted offline as per the schedule applicable for Class II and above.
KVs where Balvatika 1, 2 and 3 are functioning, all provisions of Class I admission will be applicable for Balvatika-L For Balvatika- 2 and 3, provisions for class 2 onwards admission, will be applicable. In these classes, fresh admissions will be granted only where the class strength is less than 40.
KVs where Balvatika-3 alone ‘is functioning, all provisions of Class I admission in KVs, will be applicable to Balvatika-3.
Other important points: Few more points are to be kept in mind while dealing with the admission cases, which may be summaried as below:
KVTC Cases of priority category I to IV in Civil/Defence KVs and category I to V in Project/IHL KVs where the parents want admission of their wards in the KVs at the station where they intend to settle post-retirement, will be dealt as per para 7(A)(i) of PART A of KVS Admission Guidelines.
Cases requesting a change of KV within the same academic year of admission shall not be entertained in the first instance, except in situations where a government employee has been transferred or has been allotted and shifted to government accommodation after the admission of the child.