Lok Sabha Question No. 1027 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Navodaya Vidyalayas(NVs) and Kendriya Vidyalayas(KVs)
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Krishna Prasad Tenneti, Shri Rajkumar Roat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1027

ANSWERED ON 29/07/2024

## Navodaya Vidyalayas(NVs) And Kendriya Vidyalayas(KVs)

1027   SHRI KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI: SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  that  there  is  a  huge  demand  for admission of students in Navodaya Vidyalayas (NVs) and Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the Government  proposes  to  establish at least  one  Navodaya Vidyalayas the headquarters of each district in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to start a Navodaya Vidyalayas in the Bapatla District of Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in  both  Dungarpur  and  Banswara  districts  of  Rajasthan  and  if  so, the time by which these will be set up; and
- (e) the details of efforts made by the Government to provide facilities and teaching faculties  in  education sector in the scheduled areas of the country during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) As per information received from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, there is a huge demand for admission in the Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs)  and  Jawahar  Navodaya  Vidyalayas  (JNVs)  in  the  country . 888059  students registered  for  admission  in  Class-I  for  the  academic  session  2024-25  and  75703 students  got  admission  in  KVs  against  the  available  seats.  As  regards  JNVs, admission is mainly  done in  Class-VI  on  the  basis  of  JNV  Selection  Test.  2500887 students  registered  against  49640  seats  for  admission  in  Class-VI  in  JNVs  for  the academic session 2024-25.
- (b) to (d) The  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Scheme  envisages  opening  of  one  Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each district of the country. With sanctioning of 62 new JNVs in November 2016, all 638 districts (as on 31 st  May,  2014) of  the  States/UTs which have accepted the scheme, other than 6 districts with 100% urban population,

have been covered under this scheme. One JNV each in Dungarpur and Banswara districts of Rajasthan State have been functioning since 1987- 88  and an additional JNV has also been established in Banswara district (ST Concentrated). Newly carved out Baptla district of Andhra Pradesh does not have a JNV. However, the candidates from  the  newly  bifurcated  district  in  which  JNV  is  not  sanctioned  are  permitted  to appear for admission to the JNV which is located in the unified undivided old district.

Opening  of  new  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.  Sanction  and  opening  of  new  JNVs  depend  on approval by the competent authority as per extant procedures.

(e) Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of  Education (MoE)  is  implementing  two  fully  funded  Central  Sector  Schemes  namely  Kendriya Vidyalaya  Scheme  and  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Scheme  across  the  country  including scheduled areas. The Government of India provides budgetary support to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) as grants-in-Aid for opening  and  functioning  of  Navodaya  Vidyalayas  and  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs) across the country, respectively. At present 1253 KVs and 653 JNVs are functional across the country. Details of grants-in-aid allocated to NVS and KVS during the last five years are as under:-

(Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Budget Allocated to NVS |   Budget Allocated to KVS |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                    3068   |                   6331.4  |
| 2020-21 |                    3480   |                   6437.68 |
| 2021-22 |                    3800   |                   6800    |
| 2022-23 |                    4920.3 |                   7461.25 |
| 2023-24 |                    5486.5 |                   8500    |

DoSEL has also been implementing Samagra Shiksha, a centrally sponsored scheme in partnership with all the States and UTs and financial assistance is provided to all States and UTs including scheduled areas under this scheme. Under Samagra Shiksha, there is  a  provision  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs) residential  schools  from  class  VI  to  XII  for  girls  belonging  to  disadvantaged  groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL). The KGBVs are set up in Educationally Backward Blocks. The details of Centre share allocated to the States and UTs under Samagra Shiksha Scheme are as under:-

(Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Budget Allocated |
|---------|--------------------|
| 2019-20 |            35905.3 |
| 2020-21 |            27957.3 |
| 2021-22 |            30000   |
| 2022-23 |            32514.7 |
| 2023-24 |            33000   |

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