Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
| Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya | |
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| Location | |
| All Over India except State of Tamil Nadu | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Pragyanam Brahma |
| Established | 1986 |
| Founder | Government of India |
| Grades | VI - XII |
| Number of students | 2,41,648 as of March 31, 2015 |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Affiliation | CBSE |
| Information | 598 Schools |
| Website | www |
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) are a system of alternate schools for gifted students in India. They are run by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi, an autonomous organization under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. JNVs are fully residential and co-educational schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, with classes from VI to XII standard. JNVs are specifically tasked with finding talented children in rural areas of India and providing them with an education equivalent to the best residential school system, without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.
The Navodaya Vidyalaya System is a unique experiment unparalleled in the annals of school education in India and elsewhere. Its significance lies in the selection of talented rural children as the target group and the attempt to provide them with quality education comparable to the best in a residential school system. Such children are found in all sections of society, and in all areas including the most backward.
JNVs exist all over India, with the exception of Tamil Nadu, where anti Hindi movements were widespread during past times. There are approximately 598 JNVs across India (almost one school per district) as of 2015-16 academic year.
The idea of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas was conceived by former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. The concept of opening Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya(JNV) in every district of India was born as a part of National Policy on Education, 1986 with an aim of providing excellence coupled with social justice. Subsqeuntly Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti(NVS) was registered as a Society, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. As per policy of the Government, one JNV was to be established in each district of country. To start with, two Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas were established during 1985–86, at Jhajjar (Haryana) and Amravati (Maharashtra). As of 2015-16 academic session, JNVs have been sanctioned for 576 districts. In addition, 10 JNVs have been sanctioned in districts having large population of ST population and 10 JNVs in districts having large concentration of SC population and 2 special JNVs in Manipur bringing total number of sanctioned JNVs to 598. Out of these 591 JNVs are functional. In November 2016, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved opening of one JNV in each of the 62 uncovered districts. That will bring total number of JNVs to 660 once operational.
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