Navodaya Vidyalayas are affiliated to CBSE and offer free education to talented children from Class-VI to XII. Each Navodaya Vidyalaya is a co-educational residential institution providing free boarding and lodging, free school uniforms, text books, stationery, and to and fro rail and bus fare to students. However, a nominal fee @ Rs. 600/- per month is charged from students of Classes- IX to XII as Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi. The students belonging to SC/ST categories, girls and children of the families Below Poverty Line (BPL) are exempted from payment of this fee. VVN is collected @ Rs. 1500/- per student per month from the students whose parents are Govt. Employees
Direct expenditure per student | ||
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With effect from 1st April 2021 | ||
S. No. | Item | Rates |
1. |
Mess Expenditure |
For JNVs located at other than hard and difficult areas Rs.1587/- per student per month for 9 months (Rs.14283/-Per student per year ) In addition, for miscellaneous mess expenditure including fuel for cooking, cleaning/washing, and wages for casual workers engaged for cooking, an additional amount of Rs. 353/- per child per month (for 9 months) is also approved. |
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For JNVs located at hard and difficult areas Rs.1,852/- per student per month for 9 months. (Rs.16668/-Per student per year ) In addition, for miscellaneous mess expenditure including fuel for cooking, cleaning/washing, and wages for casual workers engaged for cooking, an additional amount of Rs. 353/- per child per month (for 9 months) is also approved. |
2. |
Uniforms |
(i) Rs. 2400/- per student per annum for JNVs located in temperate climate/costal areas- Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Odisha, Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Andaman & Nicobar, Puducherry, and Lakshadweep.
(ii) Rs. 3000/- per student per annum for JNVs located in extreme summer and normal winter areas – Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Chandigarh.
(iii) Rs. 3360/- per student per annum for JNVs located in extreme winter areas – Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttrakhand, North Eastern Region, and Himachal Pradesh. |
3. |
Daily Use Toilet Items |
Rs. 1200/- per student per year |
4. |
Other expenditure on students including stationery, travel, medical, CBSE fees |
(i) Medical Expenses @ Rs. 36/- per child per month for 09 months = Rs. 324/-
(ii) Stationery – Rs. 102/- per student per month for 09 months = 918
(iii) Bedding – Rs. 720/- per student per year
(iv) Doctor Fee: a) Honorarium to be paid/Month Rs 20000/ if the distance of JNV is more than 10 Km from the Taluka Hq and more than 25 Km from Dist. Hq (9x20000=1,80,000/-) and in JNVs located in hard and difficult stations b)In other JNVs it is Rs 6,000pm (9x6000=54000/) (v) CBSE fees – Actuals (vi) School Bag for class VI, & IX students only – Rs. 360/- (vii) Travel Expenses –@ Rs. 24/- per child per month for 09 months = Rs. 216/- for the local journey. actual III AC class in rail/ AC bus fare for the outstation official journey. |
5. |
Daily allowance to student during journey only for participating in various events/activities outside the JNV. |
In case of travel by train, actual rates charged by IRCTC / Indian Railway for standard meals and breakfast taken, with the upper ceiling of Rs. 300/- per day per student. Daily allowance in other cases of traveling by train where IRCTC or Indian Railway services are not available and in cases of traveling by other means will remain unchanged i.e. Rs. 150/- per day per student. |
JNVs are also allowed to utilise VVN w.e.f. 1.1.2018 for following types of expenditures:
NVS has adopted “zero tolerance policy’ as regard safety and security of students. Comprehensive guidelines have been issued in this regard time to time. Principals and Teachers have been educated about the importance of safety and security of children through various induction courses and the outcome has been found to be good.
Instructions have been issued to JNVs for a strict ban on corporal punishments.
Instructions have been issued to JNVs for a strict ban on Bullying and Ragging.