FACILITES : In accordance with the National Policy of Education (1986), Government of India started Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). Presently the JNVs are spread in 28 States and 07 Union Territories. These are co-educational residential schools fully financed and administered by Government of India through an autonomous organization, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Admissions in JNVs are made through the JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYASELECTION TEST (JNVST)to Class VI. The medium of instruction in JNVs is the mothertongue or regional language up to Class VIII and thereafter English for Mathematics and Science and Hindi for Social Science.