Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Baghmara is a co-educational government residential school in Ampanggre village in South Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya.

It was established in 1986 by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, a registered Society under Registration of Societies Act, 1860 and an autonomous body under the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

It is a C.B.S.E affiliated school (CBSE Affliation No. - 1340003 )primarily aims at identification and development of talented school children predominantly from rural areas who are denied good educational opportunities.

Admission to the Vidyalaya is based on an annual merit test, called the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test(JNVST) except lateral admissions in the class IX and XI to the very limited seats.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya West Champaran offers free education to talented children from Class VI to XII. It provides free boarding and lodging, expenses on uniforms, text books, stationery, and things of daily usage. However, a nominal fee 200 per month is charged from students of Class IX to XII in welfare of Vidyalaya called Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi. The students belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, Physically handicapped category and families below the poverty line and all girls students excluding any category are relaxed from the fee.