Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) is a system of central schools for talented students predominantly from rural areas in India, targeting gifted students who lack access to accelerated learning due to financial, social and rural disadvantages.[3][4][5]
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya | |
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Location | |
All over India except Tamil Nadu | |
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Other name | JNV, Navodaya |
Type | Public |
Motto | प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म (Sanskrit) Prajñānam Brahma (ISO) transl. "Pure Knowledge is Brahma" |
Established | 1986; 38 years ago (1986) |
Founder | Rajeev Gandhi |
School board | CBSE |
Chairman | Dharmendra Pradhan |
Grades | VI–XII |
Age range | 11–19 yrs |
Number of students | 2,87,568[1] (31 December 2022) |
Campus size | 5–30 acres each school |
Campus type | Residential |
Houses | Aravali Nilgiri Shivalik Udaygiri |
Budget | ₹4,115 crore (US$490 million) (FY2022–23 est.)[2] |
Website | navodaya.gov.in |
They are run by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Noida, an autonomous organization under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education (MoE),[lower-alpha 1]. JNVs are fully residential and co-educational schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), with classes from VI to XII standard.[3]
Budget for all the activities at JNVs are provided by the Ministry of Education, and it's free of cost for students during the first 3 years of stay, from class IX onwards a nominal fee of ₹600 per month is applicable for general and OBC caste students.[lower-alpha 2][3]
JNVs exist all over India, with the exception of Tamil Nadu.[6] As of 31 December 2022, 661 JNVs were running with about 2,87,568 students enrolled, out of which 2,51,430 (≈87%) were from rural areas.[7][1] In 2022, JNVs were the top-ranked C.B.S.E. schools, having a pass percentage of 99.71% and 98.93% in 10th and 12th grades respectively.[8][9][10]