Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya known as JNV, first established in 1985 at Amravati, Maharashtra, they are the brain child of P.V Narasimha Rao. They were started during Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi to find and foster talented children from the rural parts of India. They started with the name Navodaya Vidyalayas and renamed later as Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the birth-centenary year of Pandi
t Jawahar Lal Nehru.They are located all over the country, except Tamil Nadu.There are total 600 JNVs as on 31 august 2010. Eight Regional Offices are established at Bhopal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Pune & Shillong with jurisdiction over different States and UTs. OBJECTIVES:
::To provide good quality modern education to the talented children (selected on the basis written merit test) predominantly from the rural areas, without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.
::To ensure that all students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas attain a reasonable level of competence in three languages as envisaged in the Three Language Formula.
::To serve, in each district, as focal points for improvements in quality of school education in general through sharing of experiences and facilities.
A residential school under Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. JNV, Goalpara is under Shillong region situated at Dudhnoi of Goalpara district, established in 1997.
