<p>New Delhi: The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Wednesday ruled out any proposal to resume discretionary quota for the MPs for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas.</p><p>This information was shared by Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary in response to a written question in the Rajya Sabha by Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.</p><p>"The admission under some special provisions, including MP's quota were granted over and above sanctioned strength of the student which was adversely affecting learning due to increased high pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) in classes. There is no proposal at present to resume the quota for MPs for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas," Chaudhary said.</p>.No Sanskrit exams in Kendriya Vidyalayas this academic year: SC.<p>Under special provisions, the 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 in Kendriya Vidyalayas.</p><p>The MPs — 543 in Lok Sabha and 245 in Rajya Sabha — could collectively recommend up to 7,880 admissions in a year under the quota.</p><p>The quota was scrapped by the Centre in 2022. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Wednesday ruled out any proposal to resume discretionary quota for the MPs for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas.</p><p>This information was shared by Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary in response to a written question in the Rajya Sabha by Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.</p><p>"The admission under some special provisions, including MP's quota were granted over and above sanctioned strength of the student which was adversely affecting learning due to increased high pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) in classes. There is no proposal at present to resume the quota for MPs for admission in Kendriya Vidyalayas," Chaudhary said.</p>.No Sanskrit exams in Kendriya Vidyalayas this academic year: SC.<p>Under special provisions, the 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 in Kendriya Vidyalayas.</p><p>The MPs — 543 in Lok Sabha and 245 in Rajya Sabha — could collectively recommend up to 7,880 admissions in a year under the quota.</p><p>The quota was scrapped by the Centre in 2022. </p>