The quality education in Jawahar Navodaya Vidayalaya, Khurda is ensured through Art in Education Programme by linking community and the school. Art in Education within the context of the Residential Culture of NVS becomes the parennial source of flow of creative energy. Art in Education becomes an opportunity for students to learn and understand, express and interpret life. It is the cooperative effort latent in a residential school system as well as in the Art in Education Programme which provides a springboard for the advancement of students towards creative dimensions of their personality. Integration through art is a way of achieving unity in midst of diversity of tradition through the Art in Education Programme. In addition to developing values of national Integration, a strong component of culture has been provided for NVS students by organizing different kinds of performing art, craft, visual art, music and theatre workshops each year in the Art in Education programmes. Training is given to students in the performing art, craft, music and visual art forms that are prevalent in their area. The artists and experts who are invited to train the children in a JNV generally belong to the same area in which the JNV is located. Thus, both students and experts share cultural affinities as well as knowledge of local practices and customs. Often, this has resulted in not only acquainting with the cultural heritage of their area but has also helped preserve that heritage through the activities of the children.

Our Vidyalaya JNV Khordha again organized a Vidyalaya Level Art workshop under Art In Education under the active guidance of Art teacher Shri. Bikram Kumar Senapati with the kind permission and enormous inspiration of our Principal Shri. P.Narasimha Rao.

                         All the Nineth class students including the migration students came from JNV Varanasi (U.P) actively participated in the art workshop. The art workshop was started on 28^th December 2019. This workshop was organised for expressing the thoughts of the students in the field of art. In this workshop we tried to express the portrait of Indian freedom fighters using waste paper. In this workshop different 3D portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Chacha Nehru, Subash Ch. Bose, Dr.S.Radhakrishnan, Swami Vivekananda, Dr.B.R.Amabadkar were prepared. Our workshop took five days for its completion. The painting board was of size two feet by two and half feet. As a result 6nos. of 3D paintings got outcome at last. Our principal and all teachers felt proud of the students work and their expression in the form of art. They also appreciated each and every piece of art as excellent creative self-expression of the students and highly praised the Art Teacher for his efforts in bringing out and polishing the creative potentialities in students.