Which state does not have Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas?
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Tamil Nadu
JNVs exist all over India, with the exception of Tamil Nadu.
How many Jnv are there in Gujarat?
32 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
In our Gujarat state 32 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas are running in different 32 districts.
How many Jnv are there in Manipur?
JNV, Pfukhro Mao, Senapati-1 is one of the nine Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya established on 16 different district of Manipur.
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If we assume that 40 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Schools could have been set up in Tamil Nadu and allowed to operate for 20 years, here are some projections for what could have been possible. The student body of a JNV, on average is composed of 400 children, of which 50 would be in each graduating class of Std XII.
How many students are enrolled in Kendriya Vidyalayas in Tamil Nadu?
There are 59,000 students enrolled in 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas in Tamil Nadu alone. While the vast majority are children of Central Government employees, there is a smaller quota for children from the local population. Each MP can also recommend up to 10 children from his/her constituency per year to be admitted in the Kendriya Vidyalayas.
Why Tamil Dravidians oppose JNV in Tamil Nadu?
However, for decades, all Tamil Dravidian leaders have opposed setting up JNV in Tamil Nadu, on the grounds of Hindi imposition. According to the CBSE official site in 2020, there were 1171 schools affiliated to the CBSE in Tamil Nadu. This is more than 4-fold growth from 2010 when there were only 250 CBSE schools in the State.