"The Navodaya Vidyalaya System is unique experiment unparalleled in the annals of school education in India and elsewhere. "The National Policy on Education - 1986 envisaged the setting up of residential schools, to be called Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas that would bring out the best of rural talent. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are unique educational institutions in India, imparting quality education to students mainly from rural background.

The Vidyalaya Aims At: 
To provide good quality modern education to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas without regard to their economic conditions. 
To ensure that all students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas attain a reasonable level of competence in three language formula. 
To serve, in each district, as focal points for improvements in quality of school education through sharing of experiences and facilities.