Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya known as JNV are India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n schools for talented children and form a part of the system of gifted education
Gifted education
Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented...

. The objectives of the scheme are to provide good quality modern education to the children predominantly from rural areas, without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.

They are located all over the country, except Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. There are approximately 593 JNVs across India as of 2010. They offer quality education to all students who get selected through the admission process which includes an All India Entrance Exam, held at district level.

History

First established in 1985 at Rohtak
Rohtak
Rohtak City is a Municipal Corporation in Rohtak district that styles itself as the "Heart of Haryana". It is located 70 km Northwest of New Delhi and 210 km South of the state capital Chandigarh at the NH 10...

, Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

 and Amravati
Amravati
Amravati is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India and the seventh most populous metropolitan area in Maharashtra. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Amravati district...

, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, they are the brain child of P. V. Narasimha Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao
Pamulaparti Venkata "Narasimha Rao" was the ninth Prime Minister of India . He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India. Rao accelerated the dismantling of the Licence Raj. He is often referred to as...

. They were started during Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...

 to find and foster talented children from the rural parts of India. They started with the name Navodaya Vidyalayas and renamed later as Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the birth-centenary year of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.

Objectives

  • To impart good quality modern education to talented children (selected on the basis of a written merit test) predominantly from rural areas, without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.
  • To ensure that all students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas attain a reasonable level of competence in three languages as envisaged in the Three Language Formula.
  • To serve, in each district, as focal points for improvements in quality of school education in general through sharing of experiences and facilities.
  • To create national integrity by exchange of culture,language and knowledge among the students.
  • The motto of these schools is come in to learn and go out to serve.

Regions

Eight Regional Offices are established at Bhopal, Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

, Hyderabad, Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

, Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

, Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

, Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

 & Shillong
Shillong
-Connectivity:Although well connected by road, Shillong has no rail connection and a proper air connection. Umroi Airport exists but has only limited flights.-Roadways:Shillong is well connected by roads with all major north eastern states...

 with jurisdiction over different States and UTs.
  • Bhopal (94): Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh
    Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

     (48), Chhattisgarh
    Chhattisgarh
    Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....

     (16) and Orissa
    Orissa
    Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

     (30)

  • Chandigarh
    Chandigarh
    Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

     (45): Punjab
    Punjab (India)
    Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

      (18), Himachal Pradesh
    Himachal Pradesh
    Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...

     (12), Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

     (14) and Chandigarh
    Chandigarh
    Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

     U.T. (1)

  • Hyderabad (70): Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

     (22), Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

     (29), Kerala
    Kerala
    or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

     (14), Pondicherry (4), A.&N. Islands (2) and Lakshadweep
    Lakshadweep
    Lakshadweep , formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, is a group of islands in the Laccadive Sea, 200 to 440 km off the coast of the South West Indian state of Kerala...

     (1)

  • Jaipur
    Jaipur
    Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

     (54): Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

     (32), Haryana
    Haryana
    Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

     (20) and Delhi
    Delhi
    Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

    (31)

  • Lucknow
    Lucknow
    Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

     (82): Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh
    Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

     (69) and Uttaranchal (13)

  • Patna
    Patna
    Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

     (75): Bihar
    Bihar
    Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

     (38), Jharkhand
    Jharkhand
    Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...

     (22) and West Bengal
    West Bengal
    West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

     (15)

  • Pune
    Pune
    Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

     (60): Maharashtra
    Maharashtra
    Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

     (32), Gujarat(23), Goa
    Goa
    Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

    (2), Daman & Diu (2) and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (1)

  • North East India (85): Meghalaya
    Meghalaya
    Meghalaya is a state in north-eastern India. The word "Meghalaya" literally means the Abode of Clouds in Sanskrit and other Indic languages. Meghalaya is a hilly strip in the eastern part of the country about 300 km long and 100 km wide, with a total area of about 8,700 sq mi . The...

    (7), Manipur
    Manipur
    Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...

    (9), Mizoram
    Mizoram
    Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States in North Eastern India, sharing borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Burma. Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on 20 February 1987. Its capital is Aizawl. Mizoram is located in the...

     (8), Arunachal Pradesh
    Arunachal Pradesh
    Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People's Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by...

     (16), Nagaland
    Nagaland
    Nagaland is a state in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur...

     (11), Tripura
    Tripura
    Tripura is a state in North-East India, with an area of . It is the third smallest state of India, according to area. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken are...

    (4), Sikkim
    Sikkim
    Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...

    (4) and Assam
    Assam
    Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

     (26).


There are total 600 JNVs as of 31 August 2010.

Admission procedure

Talented students from each district are selected through an All India Level Entrance Exam conducted each year by CBSE and are given admission to 6th standard/class in the JNVs of respective districts. Till 1998, the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) was conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training
National Council of Educational Research and Training
The National Council of Educational Research and Training is an apex resource organization set up by the Government of India, with headquarters at New Delhi, to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on academic matters related to school education.it was Established in the year of...

, however it is conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education
Central Board of Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government of India.-History:...

 ever since. The test is largely non-verbal and objective in nature and is designed to prevent any disadvantage to children from rural areas. Now admissions are also taken in Class IX and XI. During academic year 2008-09 admissions will be allowed in Class VIII. These admissions are conducted through an objective and descriptive test containing questions on English, Mathematics, Science, & Social Sciences. This "Lateral Entry" system is devised to fill the vacancies that arise due to withdrawal of admissions of the children who are admitted in class VI.

Eligibility

Since the Vidyalayas have an objective of providing opportunity and education to the underprivileged children of rural areas, the entrance examination has a list of eligibility criteria. They require the student to be:
  1. a student of V standard by a Government recognised school
  2. in the age group of 9-13
  3. a student of III, IV and V in a Government recognised school in a rural area, to apply for a rural quota.
  4. a first time appearer in the entrance exam

Fees

Since 2005, a moderate and uniform fee structure is implemented across all JNVs to reduce the dependency on Government. However, girls are exempted from paying any fees. A monthly Rs 200 is collected for Navodaya Nidhi from class 9th onward from boy students. Also, boys from Scheduled Communities(SC), Scheduled Tribes(ST) and Other Backward Communities (OBC), whose parents do not fall into creamy layer as specified by the Government are exempted from paying any fees.

Reservation

Seats are reserved for the children of rural areas. At least 80% of the seats in a district are filled by candidates selected from rural areas and remaining seats are filled from the urban areas of the district. Reservation of seats in favour of children belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is also provided in proportion to their population in the concerned district. These reservations are interchangeable and over and above the candidates selected under open merit. Efforts are made to ensure that one-third of the total seats are filled up by girls.

These students are given free accommodation, food and clothing and are allowed to continue their studies till class 12. All expenses are borne by the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

.

The aim of establishing these institutes was to find and nurture the talented students from rural India could not afford a good education. To ensure this, The ratio of 80% from rural to 20% urban students is maintained by the schools.

Academics

The successive academic results of JNVs in public examinations conducted by CBSE and the records about placement of students after passing out from the Vidyalayas are a clear pointer that the establishment of the Javahar Navodaya Vidyalays is a step in the right direction. The results of class X and XII examinations of the Vidyalayas have been consistently better than the overall CBSE national averages. These results are remarkable and shows the success of the Vidyalays despite the rural background.

Scouting, Guiding and NCC

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is recognised as a State for Scouting and Guiding activities by the Bharat Scouts and Guides. Navodaya students regularly and actively participate in various programmes of BSG. NCC
National Cadet Corps (India)
The National Cadet Corps is the Indian military cadet corps with its Headquarters at New Delhi. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis....

 is being introduced in JNVs in a phased manner. Samiti had a total cadet strength of 9420 during 2003-2004. As part of NCC training, students of the JNVs attended several camps and excelled themselves.

Games and sports

Games and sports are encouraged in the JNVs to develop fitness, physical and neuro-muscular skills and promote the spirits of co-operation and sportsmanship. Vidyalayas organize National Sports Meets to identify talented children in sports. The meets happen at cluster and regional levels every year where students from different JNVs compete. Students picked at regional level compete at national level. Based on the performance at National level, children get a chance to play on behalf of Navodaya team, which is considered as a State, in Sports and Games Federation of India competitions. Specialised sports like archery, Judo and Gymnastics are encouraged in some of the JNVs. JNV Bangalore Urban of Hyderabad region is one of such schools that has proved excellence in games like archery. There are also various exhibitions where the schools bring models and ideas which are then judged and awarded prizes.

Migration

One of the important features of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme is a scheme of exchange of students from one Vidyalaya in a particular linguistic region to another in a different linguistic region to promote understanding of the diversity and plurality of India's culture and its people. The Aim of the Migration in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas is focused on National Integration. According to the Scheme, selected 30% of 9th class students are exchanged between JNVs of non-Hindi speaking region and Hindi speaking region, for one year.

Other courses

In 1999, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and Intel joined hands to conduct a pilot program for few selected schools on integration of technology in teaching and learning process. After the success of pilot project, around 3486 teachers across all the schools of the Samiti were trained during their summer and autumn vacations during the period 2001-2002.

The various initiatives undertaken jointly by Intel and Samiti are:
  • Smart School Project: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, has launched a major initiative called the “Smart Schools Project” with the aim encouraging and promoting technology use in government schools of India.
  • Joint Contest: The duo launched a Joint contest for acknowledging the Best Integration of Technology in Education in 2004.
  • Technology Plan Workshops: Technology Model schools and making them use the available resources judiciously. Keeping the same in mind Intel and the Samiti decided on conducting following set of activities:
    • Workshop for NVS officials: In July 2005, Intel conducted a workshop on IT skills for Samiti officials.
    • IT Curriculum Review Committee: Intel was invited to take part in curriculum review committee.

recently after the kargil war its become some problamatic to migrate students of Hindi speaking areas to kashmir, like jnv mahoba regulated migration is one sided only i.e. these students are not getting the chance to migrate baramula region.

This year Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti signed an MOU with Bharatiya Jain Sangathan(BJS), a Pune based NGO, for implementation of EDUQIP (Educational Quality Improvement Project). EDUQIP was successfully implemented by BJS in Andaman Nicobar Island Schools. It contains a basket of programs aimed at enhancing the contributions of all the stake holders of the Navodaya Vidyalayas to improve the quaility. These project will be implemented in all the Navodayas during 2007-11. During these three years BJS will establish and operate the program with the help of selected trained teachers of Navodya Vidyalayas and later the project will be handed over to NVS.

NVS signed a MOU with an NGO, The Dakshana Foundation in year 2007,according to which the foundation will provide free IIT-JEE coaching to selected students,a batch of forty students from each region of NVS.Accordingly, coaching classes at fifteen sites,including one batch of 70 XII pass students is under operations.Seven batches out of which are to appear in IIT-JEE 2009.

Faculty

Well trained teachers are reqruited through a national level competitive examination. Trained Graduate Teachers teach from Class VI to X and Post Graduate Teachers teach XI and XII class students. Vice Principal assists the Principal in administration. Committees of teachers are formed to effectively implement the programs.
Duties of Teachers;They have to work some more extra duties along with normal duties of teaching.They have to work as housemaster/housemistress.
School provide extensive educational opportunities and have specialized faculty for every subject .Apart from Normal subjects of curriculum school have faculty for Music ,Games ,Drawing ,Computer ,SUPW (Socially useful productive works), Library which ensure all round development of students .
For Medical assistance school have a 24X7 availability of a nurse and doctor .
Nursing staff have duty to monitor health , hygiene ,food quality and also teaches basic first aid techniques to students .
To ensure the quality of education and consistence guidance school have extra remedial classes in which faculty clear doubts of each and every student . This is specially helpful for BOARD classes students (10th and 12th ).

See also

  • JNV Paota, Jaipur
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Jaipur
    Jawahar Navodaya vidyalya, Jaipur is CBSE affiliated school of District Jaipur under Jaipur region of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti .One of 557 JNVS known for its academics, spread all over India by Government of India...

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Peddapuram
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Peddapuram
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Peddapuram is a part of Navodaya Vidyalaya Family in India. It is located in Peddapuram near Samalkot, East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh about 22 kilometres from Kakinada....

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Sarsaul Kanpur
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Kanpur
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Kanpur is a boarding school, set up in Kanpur, India, in 1987. It is an autonomous body which works under the Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Khurai
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Khurai
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Khurai is among the schools falling in the chain of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools across India.-Establishment:...

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Veleru, Krishna
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Veleru
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Veleru, Krishna Dist is one of the approximately 565 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in India, located in Veleru village, Bapulapadu mandal near Hanuman Junction in Andhra Pradesh. It was established in 1989 by the Department of Education, MHRD...

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mandaphia
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mandaphia
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mandaphia, situated in Mandaphia town of Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan, is one of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas which are set up all over India. It is a part of the system of gifted education...

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (Takli Dhokeshwar)
  • Navodaya Vidyalaya Indore
    Navodaya Vidyalaya Indore
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Indore is a part of the Navodaya Vidyalaya family in India. It is located in Manpur, about 45 kilometres from the city of Indore.- History :...

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Gajanur
  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Churu
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Churu
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Churu is one of the approximately 565 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in India. This school is located in Sardarshahar near Churu, Rajasthan about 130 kilometres from Bikaner. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are Indian schools for talented children. They form a part of the...

  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mirzapur
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mirzapur
    Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mirzapur which is also referred as JNVM or JNV Mirzapur is a fully residential & co-educational school affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and has classes from VI to XII standard...

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