No proposal to reintroduce quota for MPs in Kendriya Vidyalaya admissions: Pradhan tells LS

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said there is no proposal before the government to reintroduce a quota for Members of Parliament (MPs) for admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has withdrawn some of the special provisions including quota for MPs in 2022 which were beyond the sanctioned class strength and impacting the learning of the students Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed Lok Sabha.

"These quotas were over and above the sanctioned class strength and hence were done away with in order to bring in qualitative changes to the system by maintaining a healthy pupil teacher ratio (PTR) and to achieve desired learning outcomes in alignment with the vision of National Education Policy, 2020," Pradhan said.

Under special provisions, MPs had discretionary power to recommend the admission of 10 children to a Kendriya Vidyalaya. Even a district magistrate had powers to recommend 17 students under the sponsoring authority quota.

The MPs — 543 in the Lok Sabha and 245 in the Rajya Sabha — could collectively recommend up to 7,880 admissions in a year under the quota.