No proposal to increase number of seats in KVs: Govt

new delhi: the union education ministry on wednesday ruled out any proposal to increase the number of seats in kendriya vidyalyas.   education minister dharmendra pradhan said in response to a written question in rajya sabha, that "there is no such proposal, at present, to increase existing number of seats in kvs (kendriya vidyalyas)".  in response to a separate question, pradhan said during the last five years, 122 new kvs have been opened in the country.  "opening of new kvs is a continuous  process. kvs are opened primarily to cater to the  educational needs of the wards of transferable central  government employees, including defence and  para-military personnel, central autonomous bodies,  central public sector undertakings (psus) and central  institute of higher learning (ihl) by providing a  common programme of education," he said.