Navodaya Vidyalayas were set up with the objective of providing good quality modern education to talented children particularly from rural areas. At least 75% of the seats in a district are filled by candidates selected from rural areas. Reservation for SC and ST students is in proportion to their population, subject to a minimum of national average of these categories.
2,65,574 students were on the rolls of Navodaya Vidyalayas at the end of the Academic Session 2018-19. The percentage of students belonging to SC/ST categories, in the Navodaya Vidyalayas is well above the national norms (15% SC & 7.5% ST). Thus the JNVs are serving rural students, specially girls, SC & ST students in excess of national average. This has also been appreciated by the Standing Committee of Parliament on Ministry of Education.
Regions | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | Total |
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Bhopal | 7503 | 8226 | 7850 | 8315 | 7209 | 6336 | 5994 | 51433 |
Chandigarh | 1941 | 3714 | 3564 | 3699 | 3509 | 2904 | 3233 | 22564 |
Hyderabad | 4857 | 5626 | 5624 | 5783 | 5554 | 3630 | 3325 | 34399 |
Jaipur | 3932 | 4304 | 4054 | 4558 | 4324 | 3800 | 3817 | 28789 |
Lucknow | 4724 | 6410 | 6502 | 6486 | 5857 | 5255 | 5347 | 40581 |
Patna | 4996 | 5697 | 5700 | 5666 | 5381 | 4152 | 4036 |
35628 |
Pune | 4607 | 5093 | 4681 | 5051 | 4640 | 2770 | 2884 | 29726 |
Shillong | 3540 | 5296 | 5580 | 5611 | 4841 | 4371 | 3835 | 33074 |
Total | 36100 | 44366 | 43555 | 45169 | 41315 | 33218 | 32471 | 276194 |
Number of Functional JNVs | 636 | |
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No. of Students on Rolls | 2,76,194 | |
Boys | 59.5% | 164374 |
Girls | 40.5% | 111820 |
Rural Students | 83.00% | 229308 |
Urban Students | 17.00% | 46886 |
General Students | 20.3% |
56022 |
SC Students | 25.3% |
69925 |
ST Students | 20.00% |
55288 |
(As on 30.09.2020) |