Lok Sabha Question No. 2470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2470 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8.7.2019

## Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

## † 2470. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

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

- (a) the total number of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the total number of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Assam, location-wise;
- (c) the details of the languages taught as regional  language  in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Assam; and
- (d) whether 80 per cent students use Assamese language in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a): As on date, 661 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) have been sanctioned in the country. The State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c):  The location-wise details of the places in the State of Assam along with the details of the regional language being taught in the respective JNVs are at Annexure-II.
- (d):      Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Samiti  has  informed  that  20  out  of  27  functional  JNVs  in  the  State  of Assam are offering Assamese as the regional language and all the students  in these  Vidyalayas are learning Assamese.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOKSABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2470 FOR 8.7.2019 ASKED BY SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS.

| S. No.   | State/UT                |   No. of JNVs presently sanctioned |
|----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR ISLANDS |                                 03 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH          |                                 15 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH       |                                 18 |
| 4        | ASSAM                   |                                 28 |
| 5        | BIHAR                   |                                 39 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH              |                                 01 |
| 7        | CHHATTISGARH            |                                 28 |
| 8        | DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI     |                                 01 |
| 9        | DAMAN &DIU              |                                 02 |
| 10       | DELHI                   |                                 09 |
| 11       | GOA                     |                                 02 |
| 12       | GUJARAT                 |                                 34 |
| 13       | HARYANA                 |                                 21 |
| 14       | HIMACHAL PRADESH        |                                 12 |
| 15       | JAMMU&KASHMIR           |                                 23 |
| 16       | JHARKHAND               |                                 26 |
| 17       | KARNATAKA               |                                 31 |
| 18       | KERALA                  |                                 14 |
| 19       | LAKSHADWEEP             |                                 01 |
| 20       | MADHYA PRADESH          |                                 54 |
| 21       | MAHARASHTRA             |                                 34 |
| 22       | MANIPUR                 |                                 11 |
| 23       | MEGHALAYA               |                                 12 |
| 24       | MIZORAM                 |                                 08 |
| 25       | NAGALAND                |                                 11 |
| 26       | ODISHA                  |                                 31 |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY              |                                 04 |
| 28       | PUNJAB                  |                                 23 |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN               |                                 35 |
| 30       | SIKKIM                  |                                 04 |
| 31       | TELANGANA               |                                 09 |
| 32       | TRIPURA                 |                                 08 |
| 33       | UTTAR PRADESH           |                                 76 |
| 34       | UTTARAKHAND             |                                 13 |
| 35       | WEST BENGAL             |                                 20 |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL                   |                                661 |

The State of Tamil Nadu is yet to accept the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme.

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  LOKSABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2470  FOR  8.7.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  NABA  KUMAR SARANIA, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS.

|   S. No. | JNVs sanctioned in the districts of Assam   | Regional Language being taught   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | Baithalangso (Karbiang.I)                   | Assamese                         |
|        2 | Baksa                                       | Bodo                             |
|        3 | Barpeta                                     | Assamese                         |
|        4 | Bongaigaon                                  | Assamese                         |
|        5 | Cachar                                      | Bangla                           |
|        6 | Chirang                                     | Bodo                             |
|        7 | Darrang                                     | Assamese                         |
|        8 | Dhemaji                                     | Assamese                         |
|        9 | Dhubri                                      | Assamese                         |
|       10 | Dibrugarh                                   | Assamese                         |
|       11 | Goalpara                                    | Assamese                         |
|       12 | Golaghat                                    | Assamese                         |
|       13 | Hailakandi                                  | Bangla                           |
|       14 | Jorhat                                      | Assamese                         |
|       15 | Kamrup                                      | Assamese                         |
|       16 | Kamrup-(Metro)                              | *                                |
|       17 | Karbianglong II                             | Assamese                         |
|       18 | Karimganj                                   | Bangla                           |
|       19 | Kokrajhar                                   | Bodo                             |
|       20 | Lakhimpur                                   | Assamese                         |
|       21 | Morigaon                                    | Assamese                         |
|       22 | N. C. Hills                                 | Assamese                         |
|       23 | Nagaon                                      | Assamese                         |
|       24 | Nalbari                                     | Assamese                         |
|       25 | Sivasagar                                   | Assamese                         |
|       26 | Sonitpur(Now Biswanath)                     | Assamese                         |
|       27 | Tinsukia                                    | Bodo                             |
|       28 | Udalguri                                    | Assamese                         |

*Vidyalaya is non-functional.

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