New Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the Country

LOK SABHA

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs)

4364.SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ)
         SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH
         SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether any criteria has been fixed for setting up of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of the places in the country where Navodaya Vidyalayas have been set up during the last five years, State/district-wise including Machhlishahar in Uttar Pradesh;

(c) whether the Government proposes to provide the benefit of integrated education facility to locals by setting up new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas at every district/ sub-division/block headquarters of the country in the coming years and if so, the factual details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has received demands from all over the country from time to time for setting up of the said schools at every sub-division/block headquarters of the country; and

(f) if so, the date-wise, State-wise and organization/public representative-wise details of the demands made in this regard?

(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)

(a) : Opening of new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) is a continuous process which depends on the willingness of the concerned State Government/UT administration to make available requisite suitable land free of cost for construction of the permanent building and making available required temporary building, free of rent, to run the Vidyalaya till the permanent building is constructed. However, actual sanction and opening of new JNV depends on the availability of funds and approval by the Competent Authority.

(b) : A JNV is already functioning since 1986–87 in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh under which Machhlishahar town falls. State/UT/District-wise list of 56 JNVs set up during the last five years is annexed.

(c) to (f): The Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme envisages opening of one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each district of the country for providing good quality modern education to   the   talented   children   predominantly    from    rural    areas.    All    the    districts (as on 31st May, 2014) of the States/UTs, which have accepted the scheme, have been covered.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4364 FOR 22.3.2021 ASKED BY SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ), SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS (JNVs)

State/UT/District-wise list of JNVs set up during the last five years