<P> Kendriya Vidyalaya project, was started for the employees of the central government of India, who are deployed throughout the country . The government started the Kendriya Vidyalaya project in 1965 to provide uniform education in institutions following the same syllabus at the same pace regardless of the location to which the employee's family has been transferred . </P> <P> These are usually charitable trust run schools that receive partial funding from the government . Largest system of aided schools is run by D.A.V. College Managing Committee . </P> <P> According to current estimates, 29% of Indian children are privately educated . With more than 50% children enrolling in private schools in urban areas, the balance has already tilted towards private schooling in cities; and, even in rural areas, nearly 20% of the children in 2004 - 5 were enrolled in private schools . </P> <P> Most middle - class families send their children to private schools, which might be in their own city or at distant boarding schools such as Rajkumar College, Rajkot, the oldest private school in India . At such schools, the medium of education is often English, but Hindi and / or the state's official language is also taught as a compulsory subject . Pre-school education is mostly limited to organised neighbourhood nursery schools with some organised chains . Montessori education is also popular, due to Maria Montessori's stay in India during World War II . In 2014, four of the top ten pre-schools in Chennai were Montessori . </P>

Percentage of students in private schools in india