| Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
All over India except Tamil Nadu | |
| Information | |
| Other name | JNV, Navodaya |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म (Sanskrit) Prajñānam Brahma (ISO) transl. "Pure Knowledge is Brahma" |
| Established | 1986 |
| Founder | Rajiv Gandhi |
| School board | CBSE |
| Chairman | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| Grades | VI–XII |
| Age range | 11–19 yrs |
| Number of students | 2,87,568[2] (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.)[1] |
| Website | navodaya.gov.in |
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) is a system of central schools for students predominantly from rural areas in India, targeting socially and economically backward students who lack access to accelerated learning due to financial, social and rural disadvantages.[3][4][5]
They are run by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Noida, an autonomous organization under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education (MoE),[a]. 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.[b][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][2] 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]
- ^ "Expenditure Profile 2022-2023" (PDF). Indiabudget.gov.in. February 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Student Strength". navodaya.gov.in. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Vision & Mission". navodaya.gov.in. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)". dsel.education.gov.in. Ministry of Education. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION 1986" (PDF). education.gov.in. p. 28.
- ^ "Navodyas in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Establishment of JNVs". navodaya.gov.in. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Press release : Declaration of Reseults of Class X, 2022" (PDF). Cbse.gov.in. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Press release : Declaration of Results of Class XII, 2022" (PDF). Cbse.gov.in. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Srivastava, Adarsh (22 July 2022). "CBSE 10th, 12th Results 2022: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Tops Institution-Wise". NDTV. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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