The registration process for the Navodaya Vidyalayas has gone online this year and following the same the institute has received 5 lakh more applications for the admissions of children for the academic year 2018.
HRD minister applauded the schools for their efforts in reaching out to the children of rural areas.
“As many as 27 lakh aspirants have registered for #NavodayaVidyalayas admission test for 6th standard to be conducted on Feb 10, 2018 for AY2018- 19 as compared to 22.5 lakh last year,” Javadekar said in a tweet. He further said that this shows that efforts are being made on the improving the quality of education in India.
“Nearly 5 lakh more students have registered for admission to #NavodayaVidyalayas this year due to introduction of simplified one-page application form & online registration system. #NavodayaVidyalayas students have been making impressive performance in various competitive exams like IIT-JEE, NEET, etc. #NavodayaVidyalayas have also produced alumnis in almost all fields, including civil servants, engineers, doctors, CAs, entrepreneurs, etc,” Javadekar said.
He further said that there are 45,000 seats at the 623 Navodaya Vidyalayas which are spread across 601 districts in the country and these school have been providing a free and quality education to the students in rural parts of the country.
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