Kendriya Vidyalaya, AFS,High Grounds, Chandigarh was established in 1978 under the patronage of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan, New Delhi an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The four fold Principles for all round development of the children has been the first and the fore most objective of the Kendriya Vidyalaya, AFS,High Grounds, Chandigarh. There are nearly 1405 students on roll in classes I to XII. It has three section sections in class I to X and three streams in classes XI & XII i.e. Science (Medical & Non-Medical), Commerce& Arts. The students are wards of personnel working in Air Force, CISF, ITBP, Army, State Govt. and Floating Population Area of Campus 

To cater to the educational needs of the children of transferable Central Government employees including Defence and Para-Military personnel by providing a common programme of education;

To pursue excellence and set the pace in the field of school education; To initiate and promote experimentation and innovativeness in education in collaboration with other bodies like the Central Board of Secondary Education and the National Council of Educational Research and Training etc.

To cater to the educational needs of children of transferable Central Government including Defence and Para-military personnel by providing a common programme of education; To pursue excellence and set the pace in the field of school education