ABOUT US

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is a fully residential, co-educational schools affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi having classes up to 12 standards. Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of HRD, Government of India, manages these Vidyalayas. Admission to these Vidyalayas is through a test called JNVST to Class VI. Children are predominantly from rural areas and there is 30% reservation for girls. Quality modern education with a strong component of culture, promotion of National Integration through student migration between Hindi speaking ad Non-Hindi speaking states, and following a three language formula with vernacular as medium of instruction up to Class-VIII are some of the salient features of this unique educational venture.

The Vidyalaya Aims At:

• To provide good quality modern education to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas without regard to their economic conditions.
• To ensure that all students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas attain a reasonable level of competence in three language formula.
• To serve, in each district, as focal points for improvements in quality of school education through sharing of experiences and facilities

Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme:-

The National Policy on Education-1986 envisaged setting up of residential schools, to be called Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas that would bring out the best of rural talent. It was felt that children with special talent or aptitude should be provided opportunities to progress at a faster pace by making good quality education available to them irrespective of their capacity to pay for it. Such education would enable students from rural areas to compete with their urban counterparts on an equal footing.

The Navodaya Vidyalaya System which began as a unique experiment is today 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 quality education comparable to the best in a residential school system.

Objectives of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti:

• To establish, endow, maintain, control, and manage schools(hereinafter called the ‘Navodaya Vidyalaya’) and to do all acts and things necessary for or conducive to the promotion of such schools which will have the following objectives:
• To provide good quality modern education including a strong component of culture inculcation of values, awareness of the environment, adventure activities, and physical education- to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas without regard to their family’s socio-economic condition.
• To provide facilities, at a suitable stage, for instruction through a common medium, viz., Hindi, and English, all over the country.
• Offer a common core-curriculum to ensure comparability in standards and to facilitate and understand the common and composite heritage of our people.
• To progressive bring students from one part of the country to another in each school to promote national integration and enrich the social content.
• To serve as a focal point for improvement in quality of school education through training of teachers in live situations and sharing of experiences and facilities.
• To establish, develop, maintain and manage hostels for the residence of students of Navodaya Vidyalayas.
• To aid, establish and conduct other institutions as may be required for the furtherance of the Society’s objects in any part of India
• To do all such things as may be considered necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the society.

Salient Features of Navodaya Vidyalayas:

1.    JNVST: Entrance on the basis of merit

o    Navodaya Vidyalayas draw their students strength from talented children, selected on the basis of a merit test, called the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test,  designed, developed, and conducted initially by NCERT  and now by CBSE. The test is held annually on an All India basis and at block and district levels. The test is objective, class neutral, and is so designed as to ensure that rural children are not at a disadvantage while attempting it.

2.    Reservation of Seats

o    As per Govt of India and NVS Norms 

3.    Co-educational Residential Schools with Free Education

o    Navodaya Vidyalayas are affiliated to CBSE and offer free education to talented children from  Class-VI to XII. Entry to  Navodaya Vidyalaya is made in Class-VI with a lateral entry in  Classes- IX & XI.  Each  Navodaya Vidyalaya is a co-educational residential institution providing free boarding and lodging, free school uniforms, textbooks, stationery, and to and fro rail and bus fare to students. However, a nominal fee @  Rs. 600/- per month is charged from the boys of Classes- IX to XII as Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi except for the students of the exempted category.

4.    Adherence to Three-Language Formula

o    The Scheme of Navodaya Vidyalayas provides for the implementation of the Three Language Formula. The third language taught in Hindi speaking districts is linked to the migration of students.  All Navodaya Vidyalayas follow the Three Language Formula i.e. Regional language, English, and Hindi.

5.    Medium of Instruction

o    The medium of instruction will be mother-tongue/regional language up to VII or VIII Class. Thereafter the common medium would be Hindi/English in all Navodaya Vidyalayas.

6.    Promotion of National Integration

o    Navodaya Vidyalayas aim at inculcating values of national integration through migration scheme. Migration is an inter-regional exchange of students between Hindi and Non-Hindi speaking districts, which takes place for one academic year in Class-IX. Efforts are made to promote a better understanding of the unity in diversity and to develop and promote understanding of the rich cultural heritage through various activities.

7.    Location of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

o    Navodaya Vidyalayas are located in rural areas across the country. The State Govt. has to offer cost-free land for permanent construction and rent-free temporary buildings for the setting up of a Navodaya Vidyalaya.