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.
2,53,931 students were on the rolls of Navodaya Vidyalayas at the end of the Academic Session 2020-21. 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 Human Resource Development.
Students Strength as on 31.07.2023 | |||||||||||||||||
STATE | BOYS | GIRLS | Total (Boys+Girls) | RURAL | URBAN | Total(Rural+Urban) | General OBC | SC | ST | Total (Gen+SC+ST) | |||||||
BOYS | GIRLS | BOYS | GIRLS | BOYS | GIRLS | BOYS | GIRLS | BOYS | GIRLS | BOYS | GIRLS | ||||||
HP | 2751 | 2782 | 5533 | 2502 | 2494 | 249 | 288 | 5533 | 938 | 987 | 500 | 434 | 852 | 824 | 461 | 537 | 5533 |
J&K | 4334 | 3000 | 7334 | 3944 | 2654 | 390 | 346 | 7334 | 1711 | 1250 | 563 | 324 | 750 | 555 | 1310 | 871 | 7334 |
PB | 5138 | 6187 | 11325 | 4347 | 5377 | 793 | 808 | 11325 | 983 | 1332 | 1191 | 1426 | 2932 | 3352 | 34 | 75 | 11325 |
G.TOTAL | 12223 | 11969 | 24192 | 10793 | 10525 | 1432 | 1442 | 24192 | 3632 | 3569 | 2254 | 2184 | 4534 | 4731 | 1805 | 1483 | 24192 |