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INDIA’S TOP GOVERNMENT BOARDING SCHOOLS

The Central government promoted Jawahar Navodaya sha Vidyalaya Sangathan, a publicly
Vidyalayas — free-of-charge boarding schools for funded initiative inaugurated in 2015
meritorious rural children — continue to dominate the EW by Naveen Patnaik-led the Biju Janata
Dal (BJD) government of Odisha.
league table of government boarding schools K an n an Sun darav e l , a science
and education alum of Madurai Ka-
maraj, Annamalai and Bharathidasan
universities and incumbent princi-
pal of J aw ahar N av o daya V i dya -
l aya, B ag a ur, B an g al o re U rb an
l
( J N V - B ) , is elated that JNV-B is
voted India’s #1 government board-
ing school in 2021-22. “Government
schools including JNVs, get very little
media coverage. Therefore, this rec-
ognition will motivate our teachers
to work harder for JNV-B to retain its
#1 EWISR ranking next year. I thank
your sample respondents for acknowl-
edging the dedicated service of my
teachers and staff and the hard work,
sincerity of my students. I am not sur-
prised by our top rating in academic
reputation. Every year, our students
routinely qualify for the IITs, NITs and
other reputed engineering and medi-
JNV, Bagalur’s Sundaravel: recognition motivation cal colleges.
“After Covid struck India last
onceptualised in 1984 by late #3 in 2020-21) government boarding March, we ensured all our children
prime minister Rajiv Gandhi school pushing J N V , C he n n i t hal a, were sent home with escorts and
C(1944-91) as free-of-charge Al ap p uz ha to #2 (1) followed by the quickly switched to online learning
boarding schools for meritorious ru- Haryana state government-promoted platforms such as Google Meet and
ral children, the Central government- M o t i l al N e hru Scho o l o f Sp o rt s , Microsoft Teams. Moreover, thanks to
promoted and managed Jawahar So n i p at , which was moved last year the generosity of our alumni, no child
Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) — cur- from the category of co-ed boarding to suffered lack of digital devices and In-
rently 661 countrywide — continue to government boarding schools, at #3 ternet connectivity. We have recently
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dominate the EWISR league table of (2). ak G ro v e Scho o l , De hradun welcomed our senior classes back
India’s sufficiently well-known gov- at #4 (4) and J N V , G achi b o w l i , on campus and will ensure all safety
ernment boarding schools. It’s note- R an g a R e ddy di s t ri ct #5 (6) com- guidelines are followed to welcome the
worthy that the learning outcomes of plete this year’s Top 5 table. rest,” says Sundaravel, who acquired
these generously funded (Union Bud- Further down the 16-strong table of three decades of teaching and admin
get provision in 2021-22: Rs.3,800 government boarding schools are 10 experience in several JNVs (Manipur,
crore) JNVs are on a par with India’s JNVs ( he n n i t hal a #2, achi b o w - Kerala, Assam, Goa, Karnataka) coun-
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top-ranked day and boarding private l i #5, H am i r ur #7, E rn ak ul am trywide prior to taking charge as prin-
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schools. #8, K an n ur #9, P i m p l e , Pune #10, cipal of JNV-B in 2019. Currently, this
This year, 1,027 SEC (socio-eco- C hi t t o o r #11, K ari m n ag ar #12, class VI-XII fully residential school
nomic category) ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ sample P at han am t hi t t a #13, Sam as t i p ur has 749 students and 48 teachers on
respondents have voted a relatively #15). A non-JNV entrant in the Top its muster rolls.
new entrant J aw ahar N av o daya 10 is O di s ha Adars ha V i dyal aya, Likewise R . Dan i e l R e t n ak u -
,
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V i dyal aya, B ag al ur, B an g al o re P at harche p a, B al an g i r, promoted m ar principal of aw ahar N av o da -
U rb an (estb.1992) India’s #1 (ranked under the aegis of the Odisha Adar- ya V i dyal aya, G achi b o w l i , Ranga
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