In accordance with the National Policy of Education (1986) Government of India started Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNVs). Presently the JNVs are spread in 28 States and 7 Union Territories. These are co-educational residential schools fully financed and administered by Government of India through an autonomous organization, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Admission in JNVs is made through the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) at class VI. The medium of instruction in JNVs is the mother tongue or regional language up to Class VIII and English thereafter for Maths and Science and Hindi/Urdu for Social Science except valley, where English is medium of instruction from Class VI to XII. Students of the JNVs appear for X and XII class examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education. While education in the schools is free including boarding, lodging, uniforms and textbooks, an amount of Rs.600/- per month towards Navodaya Vikas Nidhi will have to be paid by the children from IX to XII class, which is utilized for development of students. However, children belonging to SC/ST, Girls, physically handicapped and from the families whose income is below poverty line are exempted from payment of fees. JNV ,Aglar Shopian was inaugurated by his Excellency (Sh. Jag Mohan) the then Hon�ble Governor of Jammu & Kashmir State in October 1986 .The Vidyalaya was functioning in S.P sheds up to Dec.1992 very smoothly, unfortunately the institution was set on blaze in the intervening night of 22.12.1992 by some miscreants. The district level administration shifted the Vidyalaya to Awantipora in rented buildings. The Vidyalaya was functioning there up to Dec. 2003. The NVS authorities got the gutted S.P sheds renovated and shifted back the institution to its permanent site in the village Aglar in March -2003. Since March -2003 the Vidyalaya is running very smoothly and is developing day by day in all respects. For the permanent construction of the Vidyalaya buildings, the NVS, New Delhi authorities have allotted the construction work to JKPCC and is expected to execute its work within this year.