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.
2,65,574 students were on the rolls of Navodaya Vidyalayas at the end of the Academic Session 2018-19. 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 Education.
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S. NO. | STATE | BOYS | GIRLS | TG | TOTAL | RURAL | URBAN | TOTAL | GENERAL | OBC | SC | ST | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
BOYS | GIRLS | TG | BOYS | GIRLS | TG | BOYS | GIRLS | TG | BOYS | GIRLS | TG | BOYS | GIRLS | TG | BOYS | GIRLS | TG | ||||||||
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 4039 | 2694 | 0 | 6733 | 3548 | 2345 | 0 | 491 | 349 | 0 | 6733 | 806 | 643 | 0 | 1765 | 1088 | 0 | 1035 | 652 | 0 | 433 | 311 | 0 | 6733 |
2 | Karnataka | 8077 | 6283 | 0 | 14360 | 6961 | 5335 | 0 | 1116 | 948 | 0 | 14360 | 846 | 705 | 0 | 4174 | 3405 | 0 | 2039 | 1363 | 0 | 1018 | 810 | 0 | 14360 |
3 | Kerala | 3509 | 3669 | 0 | 7178 | 3049 | 3140 | 0 | 460 | 529 | 0 | 7178 | 1094 | 1070 | 0 | 1547 | 1615 | 0 | 684 | 796 | 0 | 184 | 188 | 0 | 7178 |
4 | Telangana | 2483 | 1670 | 0 | 4153 | 2166 | 1424 | 0 | 317 | 246 | 0 | 4153 | 218 | 214 | 0 | 1133 | 746 | 0 | 570 | 442 | 0 | 562 | 268 | 0 | 4153 |
5 | Andman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | 350 | 448 | 0 | 798 | 328 | 417 | 0 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 798 | 188 | 207 | 0 | 113 | 162 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 75 | 0 | 798 |
6 | Puducherry (UT) | 854 | 813 | 0 | 1667 | 521 | 511 | 0 | 333 | 302 | 0 | 1667 | 162 | 109 | 0 | 438 | 432 | 0 | 242 | 269 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1667 |
7 | Lakshadweep (UT) | 90 | 82 | 0 | 172 | 90 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 81 | 0 | 172 |
TOTAL | 19402 | 15659 | 0 | 35061 | 16663 | 13254 | 0 | 2739 | 2405 | 0 | 35061 | 3316 | 2949 | 0 | 9170 | 7448 | 0 | 4582 | 3526 | 0 | 2334 | 1736 | 0 | 35061 |