Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran

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{{Infobox school
| name = Kendriya Vidyalaya
| image =
| alt =
| caption = KV School logo
| motto = Seekers of True Knowledge
| address = No. 24, Darvish Street, Noormohammadi Ave, Qayedi (Hedayat)Ave, Saadi Ave, Tehran- Iran
| location = Tehran
| country = Iran
| coordinates = {{Coord|35.6977472|51.429733899999974|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Iran Tehran#Iran
| established = 
| opened = 1952
| closed =
| type = Co-educational
| district = Baharestan
| grades = LKG - XII
| superintendent =
| principal =-
| enrollment = September onwards
| faculty =
| campus_type = School
| campus_size = 5,000sqm
| team_name =
| newspaper =
| colors = Orange, White, Green
| communities = Indian, Bangladeshi, British, Romanian
| feeders =
| website = {{URL|www.kendriyavidyalayatehran.ir}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran''' ("Indian School Tehran"; {{lang-hi|केन्द्रीय विद्यालय संगठन}}; {{lang-fa|مدرسه هندی تهران}}) is an Indian co-educational international school in the [[Baharestan (district)|Baharestan District]], [[Tehran]], [[Iran]].<ref>"[http://kvtehran.ir/wp/contact-us/ Contact Us]." Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran. Retrieved on 16 October 2018. "No. 24, Darvish Street, Noormohammadi Ave, Qayedi (Hedayat)Ave, Saadi Ave, Tehran- Iran" [http://kvtehran.ir/wp/map-direction/ Map and directions] - Older site info: "[http://www.kvtehran.com/ Contact us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309194957/http://www.kvtehran.com/ |date=2016-03-09 }}" (click button for the section). Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran. Retrieved on June 21, 2016. "LOCATION:KVT is located in the heart of the city, Dirstrict{{sic}} No. 12, commonly known as: Baharestan"</ref> Affiliated with the Embassy of India, it serves grade levels LKG (3 years and up) through XII (16 years).<ref>"[http://www.kvtehran.com/enrolment.htm Cass strength as on 31-3-2015]"{{sic}}. Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran. Retrieved on June 21, 2016.</ref>
The school, one of several [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]] institutions, has roughly 350 students ranging from three years old to 16 with each class size being approximately 15-20 students. The school's primary taught languages are English, Hindi, Punjabi and French. Persian is also taught as a means of communications for the students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livingintehran.com/2017/12/07/international-kv-school-tehran/|title=International Schools in Tehran: Indian KV School|date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>

The local school hosts children from several countries including the India, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Romania, Thailand, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to name a few. Several British children moved to the school when the [[British School of Tehran|British Embassy School]] closed its doors in 2011, after the raiding of the [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Tehran|British Embassy Tehran]] due to the proximity to the British Embassy compound on Ferdowsi Street.{{fact|date=February 2017}}

== History ==
[[File:People in Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran.png|thumb|KV School Tehran with Indian Ambassador]]
The original Indian school has been in Iran since the 1930s, with [[Punjab School Education Board]] and [[Panjab University]] affiliation, located in [[Zahedan]] and serving Sikh families there.<ref name=Teachesitall>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/kendriya-vidyalaya-tehran-teaches-it-all/article3836836.ece|title=Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran teaches it all|last=Ians|date=2012-08-29|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-11-27}}</ref>

It moved to its present location in central Tehran in 1952, as Indians had moved to that city. At some point its affiliation shifted to the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE). The after-effects of the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979 reduced the school's enrollment as only 60 to 65 Indian families remained in Iran. It became a [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]] in 2004.<ref name=Teachesitall/>

In a four-year period from 2008 to 2012 it had three grants, which kept the school in operation during a 2009-2010 financial crisis. The first was 81 lakh (81,00,000) rupees from the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs of India]], the second was 2 crore (2,00,00,000) rupees from [[Meira Kumar]], and the third grant was 2 lakh (2,00,000) rupees sent on August 29, 2012.<ref name=Teachesitall/>

The school was visited by Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in 2015, who agreed to offer funds from the [[New Delhi]] government to fund the school.{{fact|date=October 2018}}

==Student body==
In 2012 the school had 189 students, with 138 being Indians and the remainder from other nationalities including British, Thai, Pakistani and Iranian.<ref name=Teachesitall/>

==See also==
* [[India–Iran relations]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portalbar|Iran|India|Schools}}
* [http://kvtehran.ir Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran]
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.kvtehran.com/|title=Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran (kvtehran.com)}}
* [http://www.indiastudychannel.com/schools/5365-Kendriya-Vidyalaya-Tehran.aspx Indian Study Channel]

{{International schools in Iran}}
{{Indian international schools}}

[[Category:India–Iran relations]]
[[Category:International schools in Tehran]]
[[Category:Indian international schools in Asia]]
[[Category:High schools in Iran]]
[[Category:Kendriya Vidyalayas]]

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