Lok Sabha Question No. 67 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Regional Languages in KVs and JNVs
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Dr. Sharmila Sarkar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 67 ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025

## Regional Languages in KVs and JNVs

## 67.     Dr. Sharmila Sarkar:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  and  Jawahar  Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  inclusion  of  local  languages  as  a  compulsory  subject  is  being considered for all KVs and JNVs across the country, if so, the timeline fixed for the same; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  local  languages  being  taught  in  KVs  and  JNVs  currently, including the number of schools offering each language?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) State/UT-wise details of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) sanctioned across the country are at Annexure I.
- (b) Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Samiti:  The  local/regional  language  is  included  as  a compulsory subject in all Navodaya Vidyalayas from class VI to IX.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan: Kendriya Vidyalayas are primarily opened to cater to the educational needs of the wards of transferable Central Government Employees including  Defence  &  Para-military  personnel,  Central  Autonomous  Bodies,  Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs) and Central Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) by providing a common programme of education throughout the country. KVs follow a uniform, centralized curriculum based on the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) across the country.

Further, Article 112 of the Education Code of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has  provisions for teaching  regional languages  which  provides  for  additional arrangement for teaching of the regional language/ mother tongue, provided 15 or more students are willing to opt for the same. For this, part-time contractual teachers are appointed.

Additionally, as approved by Board of Governors (BoG) of KVS, all KVs have been directed to engage local/regional language teachers on contractual basis on a needbased requirement to support children at the Foundational and Preparatory stages, especially  when  they  face  difficulties  in  understanding  concepts  taught  in  Hindi  or English.

(c) The details of the local languages being taught in KVs and JNVs including the number of schools offering these languages are at Annexures II and III respectively.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  67  RAISED  BY  DR.  SHARMILA  SARKAR,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025 REGARDING 'Regional Languages in KVs and JNVs.'

State/UT-wise details of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) sanctioned across the country

| S. No.   | Name of State/ UT                    |   Number of KVs | Number of JNVs   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands          |              02 | 03               |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                       |              48 | 15               |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |              21 | 26               |
| 4        | Assam                                |              59 | 34               |
| 5        | Bihar                                |              72 | 39               |
| 6        | Chandigarh                           |              05 | 01               |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                         |              41 | 28               |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |              02 | 03               |
| 9        | Delhi                                |              47 | 09               |
| 10       | Goa                                  |              05 | 02               |
| 11       | Gujarat                              |              50 | 34               |
| 12       | Haryana                              |              36 | 21               |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                     |              32 | 12               |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                      |              51 | 21               |
| 15       | Jharkhand                            |              45 | 26               |
| 16       | Karnataka                            |              56 | 32               |
| 17       | Kerala                               |              40 | 14               |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                          |              01 | 01               |
| 19       | Ladakh                               |              03 | 02               |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                       |             127 | 54               |
| 21       | Maharashtra                          |              63 | 35               |
| 22       | Manipur                              |              09 | 14               |
| 23       | Meghalaya                            |              07 | 12               |
| 24       | Mizoram                              |              04 | 08               |
| 25       | Nagaland                             |              05 | 11               |
| 26       | Odisha                               |              82 | 31               |
| 27       | Puducherry                           |              04 | 04               |
| 28       | Punjab                               |              52 | 23               |
| 29       | Rajasthan                            |              88 | 35               |
| 30       | Sikkim                               |              02 | 04               |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                           |              49 | --*              |
| 32       | Telangana                            |              39 | 16               |
| 33       | Tripura                              |              12 | 08               |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                        |             134 | 76               |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                          |              50 | 13               |
| 36       | West Bengal                          |              62 | 22               |
|          | TOTAL                                |            1405 | 689              |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 67 RAISED BY DR. SHARMILA SARKAR, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025 REGARDING 'Regional Languages in KVs and JNVs.'

## The details of the local languages being taught in KVs and number of schools offering these languages

| S.N.   | Name of the Regional Language(s) taught   |   No. of KVs |
|--------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 01     | Gujarati                                  |           04 |
| 02     | Kannada                                   |           48 |
| 03     | Punjabi                                   |           55 |
| 04     | Tamil                                     |           36 |
| 05     | Malayalam                                 |           42 |
| 06     | Assamese                                  |           26 |
| 07     | Bodo                                      |            2 |
| 08     | Marathi                                   |            8 |
| 09     | Bengali                                   |            3 |
| 10     | Manipuri                                  |            2 |
| Total  | Total                                     |          226 |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 67 RAISED BY DR. SHARMILA SARKAR, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025 REGARDING 'Regional Languages in KVs and JNVs.'

## The details of the local languages being taught in JNVs and number of schools offering these languages

| Sr. No.   | Language being taught   |   No. of JNVs |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------|
| 1         | Assamese                |            51 |
| 2         | Bangla                  |            28 |
| 3         | Bodo                    |             4 |
| 4         | Garo                    |             5 |
| 5         | Gujarati                |            37 |
| 6         | Hindi                   |           318 |
| 7         | Kannada                 |            31 |
| 8         | Khasi                   |             7 |
| 9         | Malayalam               |            16 |
| 10        | Manipuri                |            14 |
| 11        | Marathi                 |            36 |
| 12        | Mizo                    |             8 |
| 13        | Nepali                  |             5 |
| 14        | Odia                    |            31 |
| 15        | Punjabi                 |            24 |
| 16        | Tamil                   |             2 |
| 17        | Telugu                  |            31 |
| 18        | Urdu                    |            17 |
| Total     | Total                   |           665 |

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