Government added 5000 more seats at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

Government added 5000 more seats at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced an increase in the number of seats at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) from the academic year 2019-20. Mr. Javadekar said that 5000 more seats have been added to the existing 46,600 seats making the total number of seats over 51,000. In the last four years there has been an addition of 9000 seats and with the current addition of 5000 seats total increase in the seats has reached 14000. In the coming four year, the government plans to add 32000 more seats to the existing seats in the JNVs. "This is a step in the right direction. This is the biggest-ever expansion of quality education for rural students. This unprecedented expansion of JNVs, nearly free of cost residential schools, will provide more opportunity for talented children from rural areas to get quality education,' HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said. JNV is the only education system in the country where students have to appear for an entrance exam for getting admission into class 6. In 2001, 5.50 lakh candidates appeared for the entrance exam and every year aspirants have been increasing in considerable numbers. For the 2019 entrance test, 31.10 lakh candidates have registered for the entrance exam. "This reflects the growing aspirations of rural children for acquiring quality education and the Government's consistent effort to meet this aspiration, under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," the HRD Minister said.

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