12 Sep, 2009

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan - Selection Procedure

KVS - Selection Procedure

The Sangathan will hold written examinations as per scheme of examination given below, for the recruitment to the above mentioned officer cadre post, teaching and non - teaching post at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur, Jammu, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna and Port Blair. The written examinations for officer's grade, i.e., Principal will be held at Delhi only.

The centres for the examinations as mentioned above are subject to change at the discretion of the Sangathan. While every effort will be made to allot the candidates, the centre of his / her choice for the examination, the Sangathan may at its discretion allot a different centre to the candidate in case sufficient candidates do not opt for a particular centre for any post or for any other administrative reason (s). No request for change of examination centre once allotted will be entertained and the candidate will have to appear at the allotted centre at his / her expenses.

The mode of selection shall include a written test / skill test / interview.

1. For the post of Principal there will be two papers; first paper (objective type) General Awareness (40), Child Psychology (35), Educational Methodology (35), Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning and Data Sufficiency (40) and paper two: Bilingual competence - (objective) (50), Written communication skill (subjective) (50) and Subjective / Descriptive (100).
2. The written examination will be objective type for other Non - Teaching Posts. Paper - I (General Paper) will be containing 100 objective type questions with four multiple choice answers in the subject like General English (20), General Hindi (20), General Knowledge (20), Quantitative Aptitude (20) and Reasoning (20). The duration of the paper will be 2 hours. For the post of Assistant the objective type examination will be followed by a descriptive examination of 3 hours duration, i.e., paper - II consisting of English and Hindi languages to test the language competency of candidates. For the post of UDC and LDC, the candidates qualifying in the objective type examination will be required to appear for a practical test, i.e., Paper - II / III / IV and II, III respectively consisting of computer operation, typing and shorthand tests of the date and time will be intimated separately to the short listed candidates.
1. For Teaching & Misc. Teaching Posts, the 1st paper which is meant for screening of candidates shall have two parts. The first part will consist of objective type questions covering areas viz., General Knowledge, English Language Skill, Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Current Affairs, Education, General Science and Indian Constitution etc. This will carry 50% marks.
2. The Second part will consist of objective type questions on the subject offered by the candidates for selection. This will also carry 50% marks.
3. The 2nd paper meant for evaluation of language competence will be of qualifying in nature. However, the candidate will be expected to obtain 20% marks in English & Hindi separately as well as minimum 33% in this paper as a whole in order to qualify the test.
4. The 3rd paper shall be subject - paper containing long and short answer questions pertaining to subject / post for which a candidate has applied. The questions may be recall type questions to test the conceptual understanding of the topics. A few questions on drawing interpretations from given raw data and some situational questions may also be asked to test the analytical ability and intelligence of the candidates.
5. It is essential for all candidate to appear at all the examinations as per above details. In case a candidate is found absent in any of the tests his / her answer sheet will not be evaluated. For the evaluation purpose no negative marking will be given.

The detailed scheme of examination is as under:

Scheme of Written EXamination:

Teaching Posts:

SI. No.	Name of post	Date of Exam	Type of paper	Difficulty Level	Timing	Paper	Subject (s)	Total Marks
1.	PGT	26.12.09	Objective	-	0900 - 1100 hrs	I	General Paper	120
			Descriptive	+ 2 Level	1100 - 1200 hrs	II	Language Proficiency	40
			Descriptive	Post Graduation	1400 - 1700 hrs	III	Subject Paper	120
2.	TGT	27.12.09	Objective	-	0900 - 1100 hrs	I	General Paper	120
			Descriptive	+ 2 Level	1100 - 1200 hrs	II	Language Proficiency	40
			Descriptive	Graduation	1400 - 1700 hrs	III	Subject Paper	120
3.	PRT	28.12.09	Objective	-	0900 - 1100 hrs	I	General Paper	120
			Descriptive	10th Std	1100 - 1200 hrs	II	Language Proficiency	40
			Descriptive	+ 2 Level	1400 - 1700 hrs	III	Subject Paper	120

2. Miscellaneous Teaching Posts:

SI. No.	Name of post	Date of Exam	Type of paper	Difficulty Level	Timing	Paper	Subject (s)	Total Marks
1.	LIB	27.12.09	Objective	-	0900 - 1100 hrs	I	General Paper	120
			Descriptive	+ 2 Level	1100 - 1200 hrs	II	Language Proficiency	40
			Descriptive	Diploma / Graduation	1400 - 1700 hrs	III	Subject Paper	120
2.	WET	27.12.09	Objective	-	0900 - 1100 hrs	I	General Paper	120
			Descriptive	+ 2 Level	1100 - 1200 hrs	II	Language Proficiency	40
			Descriptive	Diploma / Graduation	1400 - 1700 hrs	III	Subject Paper	120
3.	PET	To be notified later on	Objective	-	0900 - 1100 hrs	1	General Paper	120
			Descriptive	+ 2 Level	1100 - 1200 hrs	II	Language Proficiency	40
			Descriptive	Diploma / Graduation	1400 - 1700 hrs	III	Subject Paper	120
4.	DRG TR.	To be notified later on	Objective	-	0900 - 1100 hrs	1	General Paper	120
			Descriptive	+ 2 Level	1100 - 1200 hrs	II	Language Proficiency	40
			Descriptive	Diploma / Graduation	1400 - 1700 hrs	III	Subject Paper	120
5.	MUSIC TR.	28.12.09	Objective	-	0900 - 1100 hrs	I	General Paper	120
			Descriptive	10 Standard	1100 - 1200 hrs	II	Language Proficiency	40
			Descriptive	Diploma / + 2 Level	1400 - 1700 hrs	III	Subject Paper	120

Note:

The detailed syllabi for the Paper III in respect of Teaching Posts and Miscellaneous Posts is available on KVS website.
It may be noted that the NCERT syllabi shall also form part of the core syllabi as notified with the advertisement.

Scheme of Examination for Officer posts:

SI. No.	Name of post	Date of Exam	Type of paper	Difficulty Level	Timing	Paper	Subject (s)	Total Marks
1.	PR	To be notified later on	Objective	Post Graduation	0900 - 1200 hrs	I	General Paper	150
1.	PR	To be notified later on	Descriptive	-	1400 - 1700 hrs	II	Descriptive	200

Scheme of Examination for Non - Teaching Posts:

SI. No.	Name of post	Date of Exam	Type of paper	Difficulty Level	Timing	Paper	Subject (s)	Total Marks
1.	Asstt.	To be notified later on	Objective	Graduation	1000 - 1200 hrs	I	General Paper	100
1.	Asstt.	To be notified later on	Descriptive	-	1400 - 1700 hrs	II	Communication Skills	100
2.	UDC To be notified later on.	Date for practical test shall be intimated later	Objective	-	1000 - 1200 hrs	I	General Paper	100
2.	UDC To be notified later on.	Date for practical test shall be intimated later	Practical	Computer Proficiency	-	II	MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power Point and Internet	100
3.	LDC To be notified later on.	Date for practical test shall be intimated later	Objective	-	1000 - 1200 hrs	I	General Paper	100
			Practical	Typing speed Eng. 30 w.p.m or Hindi 25 w.p.m.	-	II	Typing Test English / Hindi	50
			Practical	Computer Proficiency	-	III	MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power Point and Internet	100
4.	Driver	Date will be intimated to the individual	Practical Practical	Car / Jeep / Safari Car / Jeep / Safari	-	I II	Driving Test Knowledge of working of automobile / minor repairs.	100 100

The above scheme of examination will remain unchanged except change in the order of date (s) for PR, PGT, TGT, PRT, PET, Drg. Teacher, LIB., WET, MT, Assistant, UDC, LDC and SCD which may be changed depending upon number of candidates.

While efforts will be made to conduct the Examination in order of dates mentioned above for each category, there is a possibility that the order of dates for conduct of examination PR, PGT, TGT, PRT, PET, Drg. Teacher, LIB., WET, MT, Assistant, UDC, LDC and SCD may change due to administrative reasons.

The exact date of holding the examination for these posts will be indicated in the Admit Card to be sent to eligible candidates.

For teaching posts the candidate's performance in Paper I will be evaluated first. Based on the marks and merit ranking secured by a candidate, upto a cut off percentage as decided by KVS, the answer sheets of Paper II and Paper III will be evaluated further in respect of only those candidates who are short listed on the basis of Paper I.

The paper II will be of qualifying in nature. However, the candidate will be expected to secure at least 20% marks in English & Hindi separately as well as minimum 33% in this paper as a whole in order to qualify the test.

While processing the final result only those candidates will be included who have obtained a pre determined cut off percentage of marks in paper III. Only those candidates will be called for the interview who have secured merit ranking based on the performance (above cut off percentage) in Paper III.

For the post of Assistant the candidates performance in paper - I will be evaluated first and based on the marks secured and merit ranking by a candidate, up to a cut off percentage as decided by KVS, the descriptive answer sheet of paper - II will be evaluated further in respect of only those candidates who are short listed on the basis of performance in paper - I.

For the post of UDC and LDC the merit will be prepared on the basis of 1st paper. The shorthand / Typing Test and Computer Proficiency Test will be qualifying in nature and the candidates will be expected to meet the minimum requirement prescribed for paper - II, III and IV as the case may be.

The written examination shall be followed by a skill test which shall be qualifying in nature (Minimum 40%). There will be no interview for the post of Assistant, UDC and LDC.

The Sangathan will make preliminary scrutiny of all the applications to determine eligibility of candidate before the Written Tests. For this purpose a candidate has to attach attested copies of qualification certificates, mark - sheets, caste, sub - category etc. for determining eligibility.

However, in case even at the time of preliminary scrutiny, a candidate is allowed to appear at the written examination or even if called for the interview and such candidate does not fulfill any of the laid down selection criteria, his / her candidature will automatically be treated as cancelled even after issuing offer of appointment.

Therefore, before submitting the application, the candidate must ensure that he / she fulfills all the eligibility criteria as laid down in this advertisement. His / her candidature will be purely provisional subject to eligibility being verified again after the test and / or interview.

Candidate, who has been allowed to appear at the written test and / or interview, should not presume that he / she is eligible for appointment to the post. The Sangathan reserves the right to cancel his / her candidature at any stage of the selection, if it is not as per the provisions laid down in this advertisement.

The decision of the Sangathan about the mode of selection to the post and eligibility conditions of the applicant shall be final and binding.

No correspondence will be entertained in this regard. The candidate will report to the interview board well in advance, i.e., say at least 30 minutes before commencement of interview.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan - Selection Procedure

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