An accordance with the National Policy of Education (1986), Government of India started Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) . Presently the JNVs are spread in 27 States and 08 Union Territories. These are co-educational residential schools fully financed and administered by Gove- rnment of India through an autonomous organization, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Admissions in JNVs are made throughthe JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SELE- CTION TEST (JNVST) to Class VI.

Themed-ium of instruction in JNVs is the mother tongue or regional language up to Class VIII and thereafter English for Mathematics and Science and Hindi for SocialScience. Students of the JNVs appear for board examinations of the CentralBoard of Secondary Education. While education in the schools is free includingboard& lodging, uniform and textbooks, a sum of Rs. 600/ - per month is collectedonly from the students of Classes IX to XII towards Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi (VVN) .However, students belonging to SC/ST categories , Divyang students , all Girl students and the students whose family income is below poverty line (BPL) are exempted. In respect of wards of Gover- nment employees other than exempted category (Students of classes VI to VIII, all SC/ST & Girl students and wards of BPL families) Vikas Nidhi will be charged @ Rs.1500/ - per month or actual Children Education Allowance received by the parent per month whichever is less.

• 1. To provide good quality modern education including a strong comp- onentof culture, inculcation of values, awareness of the environment, adve- ntureactivities and physical educ- ation to the talented children pred- ominantlyfrom rural areas.
• 2. To ensure that students attain a rea- sonable level of competency in threelanguages.
• 3. To promote national integration thr- ough migration of students from Hindi toNon-Hindi speaking State and vice- versa.
• 4. To serve in each district as focal point for improvement in quality of schooleducation in general through sharing of experiences and facilities