Students(j.n.v)

Students Profile

About l.58 lakh students were on the rolls of Navodaya Vidyalayas. The percentage of students belonging to SC/ ST categories, girls and rural areas in the Navodaya Vidyalayas is well above national norms (15 % SC & 7.5 % ST)

Thus the JNVs are serving rural students, specially girls, SC & ST students in excess of national averages. For this they have also been commended by the Standing committee of Parliament for the Ministry of Human Resource Development In April, 1997 as follows:

"The Committee is happy to note that various norms made for reservation of seats for SC's and ST's are fulfilled and hopes that this practice would continue in future also."

Navodaya is the only scheme providing quality education to students from the rural areas and weaker sections of the society with a 75% reservation of seats for students from rural .areas, 1/3 seats for girls, and reservation  for SC and ST students in proportion to their population in the district.

 A socio-economic survey of Navodaya Vidyalaya students was carried out  in 221 Vidyalayas in the year 1989-90.The salient findings of the survey were as under:

Economic Status

Family income less than Rs.12,000 PA	63%
Family income less between Rs.36-50,000 PA	5%
Family income below poverty line	41%

Educational Background

Father
Illiterate	16.1%
Upto Middle	49.5%
Upto High School	17.2%
Upto Degree/PG	28.3%
Mother
Illiterate	39.5%
Upto Middle	32.5%
Upto High School	18.3%
Upto Degree/PG	6%

Occupational Background

Father
Casual Labourer	17.8%
Agriculturist/Agriculture Labour	24.6%
Self employed/Service	47.6%
Business	9.96%
Mother
Casual Labourer	2.2%
Agriculturist/Agriculture Labour	7.3%
Employed	2.42%

Another sample survey was carried out in 94 Vidyalayas in four select Union States and the findings of the survey confirmed that over the years socio-economic profile of the students remained the same with minor variations.

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