| 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 | Rajeev 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 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]
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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