PM Narendra Modi has recently created a Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA) to look after the development of educational institutes
in several states. Mr. Modi said that Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) school
will be opening in each of the 62 districts on 23rd November and a budget of Rs
2811 Crore has been allocated for this project.
The major states where these JNVs are being opened are
Chhattisgarh (11), Gujarat (8), New Delhi (7), Uttar Pradesh (5) and Jammu
& Kashmir (5). Several other states are also getting JNVs. These schools would
help to bring quality education facilities to students of rural areas of these
states and be governed by the Central Government. Thus the rural youth would
not be dependent on urban areas to avail good school education.
Report also states that the purpose of these schools is to provide
good and modern education to deserving students of rural areas and nearly 35000
children will be benefited through JNVs. They would also generate employment for
roughly 2914 persons and would provide residential campuses for its staff and
students. The JNVs are proposed to be co-ed, with boys and girls having equal
opportunity of getting education. Seats are reserved for SC and ST on the basis
of population of that particular district along with a one third reservation
for girls. As of now there are total 598 JNVs in 576 districts, of which 591 are functioning properly. 75% seats of these JNVs are
filled by rural children so they can get benefits of the facilities given by
these schools.
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