Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Rayagada
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| Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Rayagada | |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Pragyanam Brahma |
| Established | 2002 |
| Grades | Class 6 - 12 |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Affiliation | C.B.S.E. |
| Website | jnvrayagada.nic.in |
19°30′24″N 83°30′21″E / 19.50667°N 83.50583°E Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Rayagada (JNVR) is a co-educational boarding school located at Bissam Cuttack in the district of Rayagada, Odisha India.[1][2]
History
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in the district of Rayagada has been founded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development at Bissam Cuttack in 2002. The Vidyalaya is run by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti.[3] The school started at a temporary site within Bissam Cuttack about 50 km away from the district Headquarters.
Objectives
"Pragyanam Brhamam" is the motto of the vidyalaya.
The aim of Vidyalaya is to impart quality education to rural talented Children of district Rayagada, Odisha to meet the new challenges of Competitive era. It is a mission to promote national integration through migration of students from Hindi to Non-Hindi speaking states and vice versa.
First established in 1985, they are the brain child of the then human resources minister, P. V. Narasimha Rao (who later became Prime Minister of India) to find and foster talented children from the rural parts of India. they were formerly named as navodaya vidyalayas and renamed later as "Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya"s in the birth-centenary year of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India. They offer free education to all students who get selected through the admission process which includes an all India entrance exam, held at district level.
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