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

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 the rural parts of 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. Navodaya Vidyalayas are located all over the counrty, except Tamil Nadu. There are approximately 557 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 Management
2 Admission Procedure
- 2.1 Eligibilty
- 2.2 Reservation
3 Student Life
4 Other Courses
5 Gallery
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Management

Region	No. of JNVs
Bhopal	94
Shillong	84
Lucknow	81
Patna	75
Hyderabad	70
Pune	56
Jaipur	50
Chandigarh	44

The chain of Navodaya Vidyalayas is managed by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti which is an autonomous organization of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Secondary Education and Higher Education. The Samiti functions through an Executive Committee under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Human Resource Development. Union Minister of State for Education is the Vice-Chairman of the Samiti. The Executive Committee is assisted by Finance Committee, and Academic Advisory Committee in its functions.

The Samiti has eight regional offices for administration of Vidyalayas under their respective regions. These offices are located at places in different States. For each Vidyalaya, there is a Vidyalaya Advisory Committee and a Vidyalaya Management Committee for the general supervision of the Vidyalaya. District Magistrate of the concerned district is the Chairman of the Vidyalaya level cCommittees with local educationists, public representatives and officials from the District as members. Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti headquarter is presently located in New Delhi.

[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. Till 1998, the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) was conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training. The test is largely non-verbal and objective in nature and is designed to prevent any disadvantage to children from rural areas.

[edit] Eligibilty

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 eligibilty criteria. They require the student to be:

a student of V ^th standard by a Government recognised school
in the age group pf 9-13
a student of III ^rd, IV ^th and V ^th in a Government recognised school in a rural area, to apply for a rural quota.
a first time appearer in the entrance exam

[edit] Reservation

Seats are reserved for the children of rural areas. At least 75% 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.

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] 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.

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] 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 various levels every year where students from different JNVs compete. Specialised sports like archery, Judo and Gymnastics are encouraged in some of the JNVs situated in tribal areas in the country. There are also various exhibitions where the schools bring models and ideas which are then judged and awarded prizes.

[edit] 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. 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Gallery

A View of Multi Purpose Hall (JNV Mothuka Faridabad)	A way to Boys Girls Hostel and Mess of JNV Mothuka Faridabad	Front Stage outside MP Hall at JNV Mothuka Faridabad Haryana	JNV Mothuka Faridabad Campus
JNV Mothuka Faridabad Academic Block Building