Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are Indian schools for talented children. They form a part of the system of gifted education.

First established in 1985, they are the brain child of the then Prime Minister - Rajiv Gandhi and Human Resources Minister - P. V. Narasimha Rao (who later became Prime Minister of India) to find and foster talented children from rural India. They were formerly named as Navodaya Vidyalayas and renamed later as ‘Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas' in the birth-centenary year of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Independent India, who was also grandfather of Rajiv Gandhi and who loved kids so much that he was lovingly called ‘Chacha’(uncle) Nehru. There are approximately 509 JNVs across India as of now. They offer free education to all students who get selected through the admission process which includes an All India Entrance Exam, held at district level.

1 Admission Procedure
2 Student Life
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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. 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.

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

[edit] Student Life

[edit] Migration/Mini-Migration

To inculcate the feeling of national integration and to make students aware of other cultures of India, selected 30% of 9th class students are exchanged between JNVs of non-Hindi speaking region and Hindi speaking region, for one year.

[edit] 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 Samiti is moving in the right direction. The results of class X and XII examinations of JNVs have been consistently better than the overall CBSE national averages. These results are remarkable and shows the success of the jnvs despite of the rural background

[edit] Sports and Cultural Meets

Sports meets happen at various levels every year where students from different JNVs compete. There are also various exhibitions where the schools bring models and ideas which are then judged and awarded prizes.