Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
| Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) | |
|---|---|
All over India except Tamil Nadu | |
| Information | |
| Other name | JNV, Navodaya |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म (Sanskrit) Prajñānam Brahma (ISO) transl. "Pure Knowledge is Brahma" |
| Established | 1986 |
| Founder | Rajiv Gandhi |
| School board | CBSE |
| Chairman | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| Grades | VI–XII |
| Age range | 11–19 yrs |
| Enrollment | 3,10,517 (30 September 2025) |
| Campus size | 5–30 acres each school |
| Campus type | Residential |
| Houses | Aravali Nilgiri Shivalik Udaygiri |
| Budget | ₹4,115 crore (US$490 million) (FY2022–23 est.) |
| Website | navodaya.gov.in |
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) (lit. 'Jawahar Navodaya School (JNS)') is a system of central schools for students predominantly from rural areas in India, targeting socially and economically backward gifted students who lack access to accelerated learning due to financial, social and rural disadvantages.
They are run by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) (lit. 'Navodaya Schools Committee (NSC)') Noida, an autonomous organization under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education (MoE),. JNVs are fully residential and co-educational schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), with classes from VI to XII standard.
Budget for all the activities at JNVs is provided by the Ministry of Education, and it is free of cost for students during the first 3 years of stay, from class IX onwards a nominal fee of ₹600 per month is applicable for general and OBC caste students.
JNVs exist all over India, with the exception of Tamil Nadu. As of 31 December 2022, 661 JNVs were running with about 2,87,568 students enrolled, out of which 2,51,430 (≈87%) were from rural areas. In 2022, JNVs were the top-ranked C.B.S.E. schools, having a pass percentage of 99.71% and 98.93% in 10th and 12th grades respectively.