Members of Parliament,MP, will now get to admit as many as 10 students in Kendriya Vidyalayas. The proposal in this regard to raise the quota from the present six was approved by the government Friday. The proposal was cleared at a meeting of the KV's Board of Governors in the wake of increased demands by MPs. They had also made several representations in this regard to the HRD Ministry.<br/><br/>Earlier HRD Minister Smriti Irani had informed Parliament that the proposal to increase the MPs' quota from six to 10 was under consideration of her Ministry.<br/><br/>A move by former HRD Minister Kapil Sibal to scrap the quota for MPs was met with stiff resistance following which he had to reverse the decision.
News On AIR | October 31, 2015 7:24 AM
MP will now get to admit 10 students in Kendriya Vidyalayas