prayagraj from this academic session 202021 all 1200 kendriya vidyalayas kvs and jawahar navodaya vidyalayas jnvs across the country will be giving 27 reservation to the other backward class obc category while admitting students in class i the ministry of human resource development has sent a letter to the commissioner of kendriya vidyalaya sangathan kvs giving details about the policy to be followed the decision follows the recommendation of the parliamentary committee for the welfare of obcs which submitted its report in december 2019according to the admission policy followed till now by all kvs there is 25 quota under rte right to education act 15 for scheduled castes and 75 for scheduled tribes besides there is a 3 quota for the differently abled apart from this five seats are filled on recommendation of sponsoring agency be it defence railways public sector companies etchowever the recent letter dated march 30 signed by deputy secretary dkd rao specified the change in admission guidelines and providing reservation to the obc category for the first time the ministrys letter also mentions the number of seats schools have to fill against each category 10 seats for rte six for sc three for st and 11 for obcthe reservation will be given while following the guidelines for filling the seats among five categories depending on the service sector in which parents or grandparents of student are employed