Lok Sabha Question No. 3213 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Quality of Education in Navodaya Vidyalayas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, P.R. SUNDARAM, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3213 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6.8.2018

## Quality of Education in Navodaya Vidyalayas

## 3213.  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  quality  of  education  imparted  to  the  students  of  Navodaya Vidyalayas is very poor;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  low  quality  of  education  has  resulted  in  low  performance  among  students  of Navodaya Vidyalayas studying in class X and XII and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether the Government proposes to improve the facilities as well as the quality of teachers in Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country and if so and details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  give high  quality  training  to  school  teachers  of  these schools for the benefit of students and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)    the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  number  of  Navodaya  Vidyalayas especially in rural areas of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a)  to  (c):  No,  Madam.  As  may  be  seen  from  the  following  table,  the  students  of  Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) have been consistently performing well over the years vis-à-vis the students of other school systems like Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and private schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE):

| S. No   | School System      | Class   |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |
|---------|--------------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1.      | CBSE Schools       | X       |  98.87 |  97.32 |  96.21 |  90.95 |  86.7  |
|         | (overall position) | XII     |  82.66 |  82    |  83.05 |  82.02 |  83.01 |
| 2.      | JNVs               | X       |  99.8  |  99.72 |  98.83 |  99.78 |  97.15 |
|         |                    | XII     |  97.67 |  96.91 |  96.7  |  95.87 |  97.08 |
| 3.      | KVs                | X       |  99.46 |  99.39 |  98.85 |  99.66 |  95.96 |
|         |                    | XII     |  97.37 |  94.72 |  95.43 |  94.6  |  97.78 |

(d)  &  (e):  Selection  of  teachers  is  made  through  a  rigorous  selection  procedure  from  amongst professionally  qualified  and  eligible  candidates.  With  the  objective  of  providing  in-service training to the teachers to keep them abreast of the latest innovations in the field of education, current  reforms  and  information  technology,  Navodaya  Leadership  Institutes  (NLIs)  have  also been setup in different parts of the country. As regards facilities to the teachers in JNVs, they are provided rent  free  accommodation  as  available  in  the  Vidyalaya  campus,  special  allowance  of 10% of basic pay for performing residential duties and the teachers are also entitled to getting their wards admitted in the JNVs.

(f): The Navodaya Vidyalaya scheme provides for opening of one JNV in each district of the country. Sanctioning of JNVs depends on the willingness of the concerned State Government/UT Administration  to  make  available  requisite  suitable  land  free  of  cost  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 availability of funds and approval by the competent authority. Opening of new JNVs is a continuous process and one JNV each has already been sanctioned in all the districts of the country (as on 31 st May, 2014), excluding Tamil Nadu which has not yet accepted the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme.

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